Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population
Psychotic experiences are prevalent in the general population and are associated with negative outcomes, including depressive symptoms. The mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear, but new insights could be obtained by exploring the role of transdiagnostic processes such as experienti...
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| author | Núñez, Daniel Ordoñez Carrasco, Jorge Luis Fuentes, Reiner Langer Herrera, Álvaro Ignacio |
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| description | Psychotic experiences are prevalent in the general population and are associated with negative outcomes, including depressive symptoms. The mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear, but new insights could be obtained by exploring the role of transdiagnostic processes such as experiential avoidance, defined as a person's attempts or desires to suppress unwanted internal experiences like thoughts, emotions, memories, or bodily sensations. Studies analyzing the link between negative emotional states and psychotic experiences are scant. We explored the association between a specific kind of psychotic experience (paranoid ideation), experiential avoidance, and depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms in a sample from the general population. We found that experiential avoidance partially mediates the associations between paranoid ideation and stress and anxiety symptoms and that it fully mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms. Our results suggest that the presence of paranoid ideation and the usage of experiential avoidance to cope with it are vulnerability factors associated with psychological distress. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-151662024-01-16T12:16:51Z Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population Núñez, Daniel Ordoñez Carrasco, Jorge Luis Fuentes, Reiner Langer Herrera, Álvaro Ignacio Psychotic experiences paranoid ideation experiential avoidance depressive symptoms mediation analysis Psychotic experiences are prevalent in the general population and are associated with negative outcomes, including depressive symptoms. The mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear, but new insights could be obtained by exploring the role of transdiagnostic processes such as experiential avoidance, defined as a person's attempts or desires to suppress unwanted internal experiences like thoughts, emotions, memories, or bodily sensations. Studies analyzing the link between negative emotional states and psychotic experiences are scant. We explored the association between a specific kind of psychotic experience (paranoid ideation), experiential avoidance, and depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms in a sample from the general population. We found that experiential avoidance partially mediates the associations between paranoid ideation and stress and anxiety symptoms and that it fully mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms. Our results suggest that the presence of paranoid ideation and the usage of experiential avoidance to cope with it are vulnerability factors associated with psychological distress. 2024-01-16T12:16:51Z 2024-01-16T12:16:51Z 2021-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Núñez, D., Ordóñez-Carrasco, J. L., Fuentes, R., & Langer, Á. I. (2021). Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population. Journal of psychiatric research, 139, 120–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.05.028 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15166 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.05.028 en https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395621002971?via%3Dihub Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Journal of Psychiatric Research |
| spellingShingle | Psychotic experiences paranoid ideation experiential avoidance depressive symptoms mediation analysis Núñez, Daniel Ordoñez Carrasco, Jorge Luis Fuentes, Reiner Langer Herrera, Álvaro Ignacio Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population |
| title | Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population |
| title_full | Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population |
| title_fullStr | Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population |
| title_short | Experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population |
| title_sort | experiential avoidance mediates the association between paranoid ideation and depressive symptoms in a sample from the general population |
| topic | Psychotic experiences paranoid ideation experiential avoidance depressive symptoms mediation analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15166 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.05.028 |
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