经验性回避,创伤后压力症状和学术障碍
Benjamin Laman-Maharg1, David P Valentiner1, Sebastian Szöllös1
1Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
Psychological reports
|January 8, 2024
概括
创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的症状会对学业表现产生负面影响. 经验性回避加剧了这种效应,这表明针对这两者的干预措施可能会改善学生的平均成绩.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 学术心理学 学术心理学
背景情况:
- 创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 对功能,特别是学业表现的影响需要进一步了解.
- 经验性回避是一种常见的适应不良应对策略.
- 在PTSD和学业成绩中,经验性回避的缓解作用未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查经验性回避作为创伤后应激症状 (PTSS) 和学业成绩之间的调节者.
- 检查PTSS与当前和随后的学期GPA的潜在关联.
- 为了确定体验性回避是否影响PTSS-GPA关系.
主要方法:
- 预期研究设计,有326名本科生报告了A标准的创伤事件.
- 在当前和随后的学期GPA上分析PTSS和体验性回避之间的相互作用.
- 包括对照变量:高中成绩,标准化考试成绩和一般负面影响.
主要成果:
- 在预测当前和随后的学期GPA时,PTSS和体验性回避之间发现了显著的相互作用.
- 经验性回避的较高水平与PTSS和GPA之间更强的负面关系有关.
- 在控制学术和人口统计变量后,这些发现仍然存在.
结论:
- 经验性回避显著减轻了PTSS对学业成绩的负面影响.
- 针对PTSS和/或体验性回避的干预措施可以提高学业成绩 (GPA).
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这些关系,并制定有针对性的干预措施.
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