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Childhood trauma and problem behavior: Examining the mediating roles of experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Childhood trauma is associated with a variety of risky, unhealthy, or problem behaviors. The current study aimed to explore experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes as mechanisms through which childhood trauma and problem behavior are linked in a college sample. PARTICIPANTS:The sample consisted of college-aged young adults recruited November-December, 2016 (N = 414). METHODS:Participants completed self-report measures of childhood trauma, current problem behavior, experiential avoidance, and mindfulness processes. Bootstrapped mediation analyses examined the mechanistic associations of interest. RESULTS:Mediation analyses indicated that experiential avoidance was a significant mediator of the association between childhood trauma and problem behavior. Additionally, multiple mediation analyses indicated that specific mindfulness facets-act with awareness and nonjudgment of inner experience-significantly mediated the same association. CONCLUSIONS:Interventions for college students who have experienced childhood trauma might profitably target mechanisms such as avoidance and mindfulness in order to minimize engagement in problem behavior.

SUBMITTER: Roche AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6296903 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Childhood trauma and problem behavior: Examining the mediating roles of experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes.

Roche Anne I AI   Kroska Emily B EB   Miller Michelle L ML   Kroska Sydney K SK   O'Hara Michael W MW  

Journal of American college health : J of ACH 20180619 1


<h4>Objective</h4>Childhood trauma is associated with a variety of risky, unhealthy, or problem behaviors. The current study aimed to explore experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes as mechanisms through which childhood trauma and problem behavior are linked in a college sample.<h4>Participants</h4>The sample consisted of college-aged young adults recruited November-December, 2016 (N = 414).<h4>Methods</h4>Participants completed self-report measures of childhood trauma, current problem  ...[more]

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