The influence and mechanism of social network on posttraumatic stress disorder

VernacularTitle:社会网络对创伤后应激障碍的影响及其机制
Author: Mengfei HAN ^{1
,

2} ; Xigeng ZHENG ; Zhengkui LIU
Author Information

1. 100020 北京,中国科学院心理健康重点实验室,中国科学院心理研究所
2. 100049 北京,中国科学院大学心理学系
Keywords: Social network; Egocentric network; Whole network; Posttraumatic stress disor-der
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2018;27(6):571-576
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Social network plays an important role in the prevention and recovery of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Researches of egocentric network focus on the protective effect of large size and high diversity of social support network on PTSD,while researches about global network focus on social integration. Egocentric network and global network reduce the negative emotional reactions or physiologic and behavioral responses to stress in different ways,the former buffers stress response through social support,the latter em-phasizes the importance of interpersonal emotional contagion and social resource change. Future studies are required to explore the relationship between social structure or the social network changes and PTSD by using longitudinal method,in the meantime intervention studies about improving social network to reduce PTSD are also worth doing.