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Anne I Roche1, Emily B Kroska1, Michelle L Miller1
1a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa , USA.
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.
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