a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa , USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2019 Jan;67(1):17-26. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1455689. Epub 2018 Jun 19.
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.
The sample consisted of college-aged young adults recruited November-December, 2016 (N = 414).
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.
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.
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.
童年创伤与各种风险行为、不健康行为或问题行为有关。本研究旨在探讨经验回避和正念过程，作为将童年创伤与问题行为联系起来的机制，该研究在大学生样本中进行。
该样本由 2016 年 11 月至 12 月招募的大学生组成（N=414）。
参与者完成了童年创伤、当前问题行为、经验回避和正念过程的自我报告测量。Bootstrapped 中介分析检验了感兴趣的机制关联。
中介分析表明，经验回避是童年创伤与问题行为之间关联的重要中介因素。此外，多项中介分析表明，特定的正念方面——觉察和不评判内在体验——显著中介了相同的关联。
对于经历过童年创伤的大学生，干预措施可能会受益于针对回避和正念等机制，以最大程度地减少问题行为的发生。
