The Relationship Between Experiential Avoidance and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Model Involving Dissociation, Guilt, and Gender

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dc.contributor.authorSerrano-Ibanez, Elena R.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Parraga, Gema T.
dc.contributor.authorGomez-Perez, Lidia
dc.contributor.authorRamirez-Maestre, Carmen
dc.contributor.authorEsteve, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Martinez, Alicia E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:55:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:55:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractExperiential avoidance, dissociation, and guilt have been shown to be associated with trauma exposure and to play an important role in explaining the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress symptoms. However, there is a lack of studies that simultaneously address the relationship between these variables, which has never been studied within the framework of emotional processing theory. Furthermore, gender differences in traumatic victimization, posttraumatic stress symptoms, experiential avoidance, dissociation, and guilt have also been reported. Therefore, this study had a double aim: a) to assess the mediating roles of dissociation and guilt in the relationship between experiential avoidance and posttraumatic stress symptoms; and b) to investigate whether gender moderates any such relationship. The final sample comprised 683 undergraduate students (150 men and 533 women) with a history of exposure to traumatic events and with posttraumatic stress symptoms. Mediation and moderated mediation analyses were conducted. Dissociation and guilt independently mediated the association between experiential avoidance and posttraumatic stress symptoms: however, this mediation effect was not moderated by gender. The findings suggest that interventions aimed at controlling psychological variables linked to PTSD (i.e. experiential avoidance, dissociation, and guilt) may be of help to both men and women.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15299732.2020.1869647
dc.identifier.eissn1529-9740
dc.identifier.issn1529-9732
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1869647
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95090
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000608292400001
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final318
dc.pagina.inicio304
dc.revistaJournal of trauma & dissociation
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectPTSD
dc.subjectexperiential avoidance
dc.subjectdissociation
dc.subjectguilt
dc.subjectgender
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.ods05 Gender Equality
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.titleThe Relationship Between Experiential Avoidance and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Model Involving Dissociation, Guilt, and Gender
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen22
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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