Rodríguez Rey, RocíoAlonso Tapia, Jesús2019-05-212019-05-212019Rodríguez-Rey, R. y Alonso-Tapia, J. (2019). Predicting Posttraumatic Growth in Mothers and Fathers of Critically ill Children: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 26(3), 372-381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-018-9594-31068-9583http://hdl.handle.net/11268/7970Research on parental psychological effects related to a child’s critical illness has focused on studying negative outcomes, while the possibility of posttraumatic growth (PTG), defined as the perception of positive changes after a traumatic event, has been overlooked. This study explores the degree of parental PTG after a child’s hospitalization in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and the role of resilience, emotions, perceived severity of the child’s condition and stress in predicting PTG. In the first 48 h after their child’s discharge from a PICU, N = 196 parents were assessed for resilience, emotions, perceived stress, and the degree to which they perceived their child’s condition as severe. 6 months later N = 143 parents were assessed PTG. 6 months post discharge, 37.1% of parents reported PTG at least to a medium degree. Path analyses with latent variables showed that the psychological variables assessed at discharge predicted between 20 and 21% of the total variance in PTG. Resilience affected PTG indirectly, through the bias of positive emotions. PTG is a frequent phenomenon. Psychological interventions aimed at encouraging parental PTG after a child’s critical admission should focus on boosting resilience and positive emotions.engjournal article10.1007/s10880-018-9594-3restricted accessPsicologíaPadresEnfermedadEfectos psicológicosActitud de los padresEnfermedad