Posttraumatic Growth and Its Relations with Social Support, Ego-Resilience, and Deliberate Rumination among Vietnamese Migrant Women Living in Korea and Returnees

Key Points

• This research aims to analyze the mediating relationships of social support, ego-resilience, and deliberate rumination on posttraumatic growth among Vietnamese women experiencing interpersonal trauma.
• Analyzed 80 Vietnamese women experiencing trauma, 39 residing in Korea and 41 returnees.
• Conducted self-reported online surveys to gather data.
• Examined the predictive ability of social support and ego-resilience on posttraumatic growth.
• Returnee women reported higher trauma intensity compared to those residing in Korea.
• No statistical difference in posttraumatic growth pathways between the two groups was found.
• Social support fully mediated the relationship between ego-resilience and posttraumatic growth for all groups.