Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediation effects of emotional clarity and deliberate rumination on relations between warm parenting and posttraumatic growth. This study surveyed 316 college students who experienced trauma. The results are as follows: First, warm parenting had a significant relation with posttraumatic growth. Children who perceived parents to be warm showed higher posttraumatic growth. Second, emotional clarity mediated relations between warm parenting and posttraumatic growth. Children who perceived parents to be warm had higher emotional clarity and posttraumatic growth. Lastly, deliberate rumination mediated relations between warm parenting and posttraumatic growth. Children who perceived parents to be warm had higher deliberate rumination and posttraumatic growth. This study suggests warm parenting is important for the children’s posttraumatic growth. This results provide basic data to understand individual’s posttraumatic growth.