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SPSS (version 26) and the PROCESS plug-in (version 4.0) were used for correlation and moderation analyses.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The correlation analysis showed that deliberate rumination was positively correlated with post-traumatic growth (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.353, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01) and self-efficacy (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.261, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). Self-efficacy was also positively correlated with post-traumatic growth (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.466, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). In addition, we found that self-efficacy had a regulatory effect on the relationship between deliberate rumination and post-traumatic growth (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 0.287, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and that this effect was significant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results show that deliberate rumination can be a positive predictor of post-traumatic growth and can play a certain role in fostering such growth. In addition, self-efficacy is a moderator that plays a buffer role between deliberate rumination and post-traumatic growth. 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