@article{ref1,
title="Childhood trauma and problem behavior: examining the mediating roles of experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2019",
author="Roche, Anne I. and Kroska, Emily B. and Miller, Michelle L. and Kroska, Sydney K. and O'Hara, Michael W.",
volume="67",
number="1",
pages="17-26",
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). <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2018.1455689",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1455689"
}