RT Journal Article
T1 The relationship between experiential avoidance and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A moderated mediation model involving dissociation, guilt, and gender
A1 Serrano-Ibáñez, Elena Rocío
A1 Ruiz-Párraga, Gema Teresa
A1 Gómez-Pérez, Lidia
A1 Ramírez-Maestre, María del Carmen
A1 Esteve-Zarazaga, Rosa
A1 López-Martínez, Alicia Eva
K1 Estrés (Psicología)
AB Experiential 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.
PB Taylor and Francis Group Routledge
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36817
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36817
LA eng
NO Serrano-Ibáñez, E. R., Ruiz-Párraga, G. T., Gómez-Pérez, L., Ramírez-Maestre, C., Esteve, R., & López-Martínez, A. E. (2021). The Relationship Between Experiential Avoidance and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Model Involving Dissociation, Guilt, and Gender. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22(3), 304–318. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1869647
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026