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KMID : 0981220210210040575
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2021 Volume.21 No. 4 p.575 ~ p.596
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The Relationship between Anxiety Sensitivity and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Mediating Effect of Experiential Avoidance
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Kim Ye-Jin
Chang Hye-In
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Abstract
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The aim of this research was to examine whether the effect of anxiety sensitivity on posttraumatic stress symptoms might be mediated by experiential avoidance. We also considered the possibility that this process might differ across subscales of anxiety sensitivity (i.e., physical concern, cognitive concern, and social concern) in the analysis. Participants were 131 college students(41 males, 90 females) who completed a series of self-report questionnaires measuring trauma history, anxiety sensitivity, experiential avoidance, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. The results indicated that the mediating effect of experiential avoidance in the relationship between higher-order factor of anxiety sensitivity and posttraumatic stress symptoms was nonsignificant. At the level of subscales of anxiety sensitivity, however, experiential avoidance significantly mediated the association between physical concern and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Conversely, the relationship between cognitive concern or social concern, and posttraumatic stress symptoms were not significantly mediated by experiential avoidance. Based on the findings, theoretical and clinical implications of this study are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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anxiety sensitivity, experiential avoidance, posttraumatic stress disorder
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