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This study aimed to characterise post-traumatic growth among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the related factors. Participants were 396 parents of children with autism from Guangdong Province, China (female = 65.15 %; mean age = 33.67 years, SD = 2.89 years). Following regression analysis, results indicated that parents of children with ASD were above average in their post-traumatic growth; particularly those with children with milder symptoms and of higher family income levels. First-married parents had significantly higher post-traumatic growth than the Not first-married (i.e., remarried, divorced, widowed). Parents reporting with social support, quiet ego, and psychological capital had higher post-traumatic growth. From these findings, we conclude that post-traumatic growth is a resilience factor in raising children with ASD and that social capital is important for the well-being of parents of children with ASD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined self-esteem and psychological capital as a mediator of the relationship between Big Five personality traits and creativity. A convenience sample of 732 college students from Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi provinces participated (females = 71.7%; mean age = 20.86, SD = 4.26 years). The participants completed measures of self-esteem, psychological capital, Big Five personality, and creativity. We utilised Structural Equation Modelling to determine the direct and indirect effects of self-esteem and psychological capital on Big Five personality traits and creativity. The results show that self-esteem and psychological capital directly mediated the relationship between the Big Five personality traits of neuroticism, openness, extroversion, and conscientiousness and the creativity of college students. When neuroticism is low and openness to experience scores are high, high scores on self-esteem and psychological capital predict high creativity. Self-esteem and psychological capital also mediated the relationship between extroversion and conscientiousness. Specifically, the higher the scores of extroversion and conscientiousness, the higher the level of self-esteem, psychological capital, and creativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]