Does Experiential Avoidance Mediate the Relationship Between Gender Role Conflict and Psychological Distress?

Psychological inflexibility or experiential avoidance (EA) is an important construct in the understanding of psychological distress. Both EA and many forms of masculinity can be characterized by inflexibility in men’s responses to negative intrapersonal experiences. The current cross-sectional, comm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Spendelow, Jason S., Joubert, H. Eli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Special section-Mental Health & Wellbeing
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29303027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317748123
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Sumario:Psychological inflexibility or experiential avoidance (EA) is an important construct in the understanding of psychological distress. Both EA and many forms of masculinity can be characterized by inflexibility in men’s responses to negative intrapersonal experiences. The current cross-sectional, community-based study investigated whether experiential avoidance mediated the relationship between gender role conflict (GRC) and psychological distress (PD). A total of 120 men (M = 35.63, SD = 12.22) completed an online questionnaire measuring key study variables. Results indicated that experiential avoidance significantly mediated the relationship between each of the four recognized patterns of GRC and PD. These findings suggest that EA may be a potential mechanism through which GRC is associated with PD.

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