A post-traumatic growth model: psychological hardiness, happiness-increasing strategies, and problem-focused coping

This study focuses on the mediating effects of problem-focused coping and happiness-increasing strategies on the relationship between psychological hardiness and posttraumatic growth in a sample of individuals (N = 1069) exposed to various traumatic events. The data in the study were analysed with the structural equation model. The nested models strategy and bootstrapping were used to test the mediation effects in the model. Based on the results...