Given the need to understand both the negative and positive psychological consequences of the current global COVID-19 pandemic (Brewin et al. in Perspectives in Public Health https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913920957365 2020), the aim of this study was to test a cognitive model of post-traumatic symptoms (PTS) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) during confinement caused by the SARS-COV-2 epidemic. In line with cognitive models of trauma elaboration (Park in Psychological Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018301), we included in our model some beliefs associated to the world (e.g., primal beliefs about a good world), to the self (e.g., death anxiety or orientation toward the future) and to others (e.g., suspiciousness or identification with humanity). To evaluate the explanatory model, a national representative sample of adults between the ages of 18 and 75 (N = 1951) was surveyed between 7th and 13th April, 2020, in the middle of a strict 7-week national confinement. Structural equation modelling yielded a very similar model to the one initially specified. The results highlight the role of both negative and positive core beliefs, which are pertinent to the current pandemic threat, in the appearance of PTS and PTG, respectively. In short, primal beliefs about a good world, openness to the future and identification with humanity were associated with PTG; while suspiciousness, intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety about death and also identification with humanity were associated with PTS and consequent impairment. This is an innovative study of different pathways to traumatic responses and growth during a pandemic. Future research is needed to replicate its findings.

鉴于需要了解当前全球 COVID-19 大流行的负面和正面心理后果（Brewin 等人，《公共卫生展望》https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913920957365 2020），本研究的目的是测试 SARS-COV-2 流行病导致的隔离期间创伤后症状 (PTS) 和创伤后成长 (PTG) 的认知模型。根据创伤阐述的认知模型（《心理学公报》中的 Park https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018301），我们在模型中包含了一些与世界相关的信念（例如，关于美好世界的原始信念），自我（例如，死亡焦虑或对未来的定位）和他人（例如，怀疑或对人类的认同）。为了评估这个解释模型，我们在 2020 年 4 月 7 日至 13 日期间，即为期 7 周的严格全国禁闭期间，对 18 岁至 75 岁之间的全国代表性成年人样本（N = 1951）进行了调查。结构方程模型产生了一个与最初指定的模型非常相似的模型。结果强调了消极和积极核心信念的作用，它们分别与当前的流行病威胁相关，分别在 PTS 和 PTG 的出现中发挥作用。简而言之，关于美好世界的原始信念、对未来的开放性以及对人性的认同都与 PTG 相关。而多疑、不能容忍不确定性、对死亡的焦虑以及对人性的认同与 PTS 和随之而来的损害有关。这是一项针对大流行期间创伤反应和成长的不同途径的创新研究。未来的研究需要复制其研究结果。