TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Mindfulness moderates the relation between trauma and anxiety symptoms in college students
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Tubbs, Justin D.
A1  - Savage, Jeanne E.
A1  - Adkins, Amy E.
A1  - Amstadter, Ananda B.
A1  - Dick, Danielle M.
SP  - 235
EP  - 245
VL  - 67
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To explore the relations between trauma exposure and anxiety and depression among college students, and to determine whether trait mindfulness may moderate these relations. PARTICIPANTS: Self-report survey data from 2,336 college sophomores was drawn from a larger university-wide study ("Spit for Science"). <br><br>METHODS: We constructed multiple linear regression models using past-year trauma exposure, trait mindfulness, and their multiplicative interaction to predict current anxiety and depressive symptom severity, while controlling for covariates. <br><br>RESULTS: Mindfulness was associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety symptom severity. Trauma was a significant predictor of anxiety, but not depression, and high levels of mindfulness attenuated the association between trauma exposure and higher anxiety symptom severity. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results have implications for the treatment and prevention of anxiety among trauma-exposed college students and provides a basis for further research into the mechanisms through which mindfulness may facilitate positive mental health.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1477782
ID  - ref1
ER  -