This study confirmed the effects of emotional clarity on post-traumatic growth and whether self-compassion and the meaning of life had the mediating effects in the process. To this end, this study conducted a self-report survey consisting of the Traum...
This study confirmed the effects of emotional clarity on post-traumatic growth and whether self-compassion and the meaning of life had the mediating effects in the process. To this end, this study conducted a self-report survey consisting of the Trauma Experience Questionnaire, Trait Meta Mood Scale (TMMS), Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), Meaning of in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) Scale, and the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory Expanded (PTGI-X) scale to 351 adults (178 males, 173 females) in their 20s to 60s residing nationwide through an online survey agency. This study verified the mediating effects by performing bootstrapping 10,000 times using SPSS 28.0 and Model No. 6 of PROCESS Macro 4.1 for data analysis.
the study results are as follows.
First, although emotional clarity did not directly predict post-traumatic growth, it did predict post-traumatic growth through the mediating variables of self-compassion and meaning of life mediators.
Second, emotional clarity had a positive effect on post-traumatic growth through self-compassion. This implies that the more clearly the trauma experiencer recognizes the emotion, the more objectively he or she can reflect on the events occurred and can increase the level of post-traumatic growth by kindly taking care of them.
Third, emotional clarity had a positive effect on post-traumatic growth through the meaning of life. This implies that the more clearly one recognizes emotions, the more one has an advantage in exploring the meaning of life, which can promote post-traumatic growth.
Fourth, emotional clarity predicted post-traumatic growth through the meaning of life after preceding self-compassion. This result means that the higher emotional clarity, the more the trauma experiencer can grow positively through self-compassion and the meaning of life.
The study results confirmed that it is important to enhance self-compassion and the meaning of life in improving the level of post-traumatic growth in the counseling scene.