Objective       To explore the posttraumatic growth and influencing factors of fresh medical cadets after training

and to provide scientific evidences for mental health education and recruits training.       Methods       Connor-Davidson resilience questionnaire (CD-RISC)

posttraumatic growth inventory (PTGI)

emotion regulation scale (ERS)

positive and negative affect scale (PANAS) and emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ) were applied to examine 137 fresh cadets from a military medical university after one-month training in 2011.       Results       (1) The posttraumatic growth of the cadets had significant positive correlation with resilience (r=0.611

P0.01)

inhibition adjustment (r=0.309

P0.01)

abreaction adjustment (r=0.333

P0.01)

positive emotion (r=0.588

P0.01) and cognitive reappraisal (r=0.372

P0.01)

and had negative correlation with negative emotion (r=-0.204

P0.05). (2) Compared with the cadets with low PTGI scores

the cadets with high PTGI scores scored significantly higher in resilience

abreaction/inhibition adjustment

positive emotion and cognitive reappraisal (P0.05

P0.01). (3) The resilience

inhibition adjustment

positive emotion and cognitive reappraisal of the cadets could predict their posttraumatic growth (explaining rate 53%). (4) Resilience

inhibition adjustment

positive emotion and cognitive reappraisal directly affected posttraumatic growth

and inhibition adjustment

positive emotion and cognitive reappraisal could also indirectly affect the posttraumatic growth through resilience.       Conclusion       Resilience

abreaction/inhibition adjustment

positive/negative emotion and cognitive reappraisal are closely correlated with posttraumatic growth

and resilience

inhibition adjustment

positive emotion and cognitive reappraisal are important influencing factors of posttraumatic growth.