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Does Experiential Avoidance Mediate the Effects of Maladaptive Coping Styles on Psychopathology and Mental Health?
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Experiential avoidance (EA) is considered a risk factor for psychopathology.This study explores whether EA mediates the relationship between maladaptive coping styles (palliative, avoidance, and passive coping) and psychopathology and positive mental health. A total of 93 adults with mild to moderate psychological distress completed measures assessing coping styles, psychopathology (depression, anxiety, and alcohol use), and mental health (emotional, psychological, and social well-being). Results showed that EA mediated the effects of passive coping on both increased anxiety and depression and decreased emotional and psychological well-being. These results suggest that a person who is prone to use EA or has learned EA in stressful situations has a higher risk of developing psychopathology and lower mental health.This indicates that early interventions that aim at people with high levels of EA are highly relevant.
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“Some of these processes, such as experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, or self-as-content seem to be associated with the development and maintenance of psychopathologies and the psychological alterations both in normative [77,78] and clinical or chronic pain populations [79,80,81,82].”
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“In addition to their utility as psychotherapeutic targets, mindfulness and experiential avoidance have been examined as personal dispositions that vary across individuals [31, 37-39]”
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“In fact, the attempt to avoid or suppress difficult thoughts can conversely increase those thoughts and the accompanying emotions [28-31]”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fledderus, M., Bohlmeijer, E. T., & Pieterse, M. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Twente (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Fledderus, Martine
- Venue
- Behavior Modification
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-07-21
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 503-519
- ISSN
- 0145-4455 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4167
- OpenAlex
- W2127511991
- Cited by
- 123
- References
- 37
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- FWCI
- 7.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.utwente.nl
- Locations
- Behavior Modification (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- experiential avoidance, passive coping, avoidance coping, palliative coping, psychopathology, depression, anxiety, alcohol consumption, well-being, mediation, psychological distress
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological
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