Self-compassion and resilience mediate the relationship between childhood exposure to domestic violence and posttraumatic growth/stress disorder during COVID-19 pandemic

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlation analyses among posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress disorder domestic violence, self-compassion, and resilience

Variable	mean ± SD	1	2	3	4	5
PTG	60.97 ± 16.95	1
PTSD	11.79 ± 4.25	0.02	1
Resilience	35.45 ± 6.62	0.32c	-0.28c	1
Self-compassion	84.75 ± 11.88	0.33c	-0.34c	0.56c	1
Domestic violence	4.77 ± 1.72	-0.10c	0.09c	-0.08c	-0.56c	1

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.

Table 2 Bootstrapping indirect effect and 95% confidence interval for multiple mediation model

Indirect effect	Estimated effect	95%CI	Relative mediation effect
Dependent variable: PTG
Total indirect	-0.032b	(-0.055, -0.010)	32.99%
Specific indirect 1	0.000	(-0.006, 0.004)	0%
Specific indirect 2	-0.023b	(-0.044, -0.007)	23.71%
Specific indirect 3	-0.008a	(-0.018, -0.002)	8.25%
Dependent variable: PTSD
Total indirect	0.022b	(0.007, 0.039)	28.95%
Specific indirect 1	0.001	(-0.007,0.008)	1.32%
Specific indirect 2	0.008a	(0.002, 0.021)	10.53%
Specific indirect 3	0.013b	(0.004, 0.024)	17.11%

n = 2038. Bootstrap sample size = 5000.

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.

Total indirect: domestic violence → posttraumatic growth/posttraumatic stress disorder (PTG/ PTSD); Specific indirect 1: domestic violence → resilience → PTG/PTSD; Specific indirect 2: domestic violence → self-compassion → PTG/PTSD; Specific indirect 3: domestic violence → self-compassion → resilience → PTG/PTSD. PTG: Posttraumatic growth; PTSD: Posttraumatic stress disorder.