Chawla Neharika, Ostafin Brian
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2007 Sep;63(9):871-90. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20400.
The construct of experiential avoidance has become more frequently used by clinical researchers. Experiential avoidance involves the unwillingness to remain in contact with private experiences such as painful thoughts and emotions and is often proposed to be critical to the development and maintenance of psychopathology. This review summarizes the empirical studies on experiential avoidance as a factor in the etiology of maladaptive behavior and its relationship to specific diagnostic categories. Although some of the current literature suggests that experiential avoidance may be implicated in various forms of psychopathology, a fundamental limitation of this research is the lack of theoretical integration and refinement with regard to operationalizing and assessing experiential avoidance. Future studies should attempt to understand the core processes involved in experiential avoidance better, and then clearly operationalize the construct and determine its incremental validity relative to other constructs.
经验性回避这一概念已被临床研究人员更频繁地使用。经验性回避涉及不愿与诸如痛苦的想法和情绪等个人体验保持接触，并且常被认为对精神病理学的发展和维持至关重要。本综述总结了将经验性回避作为适应不良行为病因中的一个因素及其与特定诊断类别的关系的实证研究。尽管当前一些文献表明经验性回避可能与各种形式的精神病理学有关，但该研究的一个基本局限性在于在对经验性回避进行操作化和评估方面缺乏理论整合与完善。未来的研究应尝试更好地理解经验性回避所涉及的核心过程，然后清晰地对这一概念进行操作化，并确定其相对于其他概念的增量效度。
