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

Spendelow, Jason S.; Joubert, H. Eli

doi:10.1177/1557988317748123

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“…Finally, in our study, the relationship between the different dimensions of gender-role conflict and the intention to recommend professional help-seeking was not mediated by the levels of experiential avoidance. Although, as expected, high levels of the dimensions of gender-role conflict are associated with high levels of experiential avoidance [85], this last variable was positively, but not significantly, associated with the two intentions studied. These results are unexpected, given that the use of experiential avoidance strategies is likely to lead to an inability to take the necessary measures to deal with negative internal experiences [50,51].…”

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Men’s Intentions to Recommend Professional Help-Seeking to Their Partners in the Postpartum Period: the Direct and Indirect Effects of Gender-Role Conflict

Luis

Canavarro

Fonseca

2019

IJERPH

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Women’s partners may act as facilitators of professional help-seeking for mental health problems in the postpartum period. This study aimed to examine the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of men’s intentions to recommend professional help-seeking to their partners if they display postpartum mood and anxiety disorders and to explore the relationship between gender-role conflict and the intention to recommend help-seeking. A cross-sectional study included 214 adult men in a heterosexual relationship with a partner within the reproductive age. Men presented a high intention to recommend professional help to their partners. All dimensions of gender-role conflict were directly associated with the intention to recommend professional help-seeking (p < 0.05). High levels of gender-role conflict (dimensions success, power and competition, and restricted emotionality) were found to lead to increased levels of stigma and lower levels of intention to seek professional help, which, in turn, translated into lower intention to recommend help-seeking. These results emphasize the importance of developing universal awareness-raising and education campaigns directed at men aiming to reduce levels of gender-role conflict and stigma, and normalize the use of mental health services, to increase men’s intentions to recommend professional help-seeking to their partners.

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confidence: 53%

Men’s Intentions to Recommend Professional Help-Seeking to Their Partners in the Postpartum Period: the Direct and Indirect Effects of Gender-Role Conflict

Luis

Canavarro

Fonseca

2019

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“…For example, experiential avoidance strategies, such as avoiding or suppressing unwanted emotions and not talking about emotional distress, are central to many men's psychological experiences. 34,35 However, here a note of caution is required. Gender influences but does not determine an individual's style of traumatic processing and expression; many men can present with an intuitive style of grief and can both enjoy and gain benefit from talking through their traumatic experiences.…”

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Addressing Ethical Issues in Studying Men’s Traumatic Stress

Affleck

Oliffe

McKenzie

et al. 2020

International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health

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Like many human experiences, traumatic stress is highly gendered. Over the past several decades, a sub-stantial number of empirical studies have explored ethical issues in traumatic stress research. However, these studies have typically reported female samples or failed to account for the influence of gender in their analyses of mixed-sex samples. By extension, ethical issues that are relevant to male participants in traumatic stress research are poorly understood. After briefly exploring why the vulnerabilities of male participants are under-explored in traumatic stress research, this article highlights many ethical issues that are important to address when men participate in traumatic stress research, concluding with some sugges-tions for how these might be taken up to advance the field.

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“…All these causes lead to an inflexible coping mechanism and inability to separate one's sense of self and behavior which can have a negative impact such as the use of alcohol, drugs, or a relapse [5][6][7] and psychological distress. 4,8,9 It also prevents opportunities to experience valuable events. In summary, experiential avoidance is caused by human language proficiency and human nature which leads to a certain state of psychopathology.…”

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Psychometric Properties of Scales for Assessing Experiential Avoidance

Sumalrot

Phannajit²,

Phattharayuttawat

2022

Siriraj Med J

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Objective: To study and compare the psychometric properties, reliability, and validity of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) and the Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ), which were translated into Thai. Materials and Methods: This study used the AAQ-II and MEAQ, which were back translated into Thai. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were used in conjunction to collect data from 35 graduate students (females 77.1%) and 462 people from the general population of Bangkok (females 74.2%). Result: Item Objective Congruence (IOC) of AAQ-II and MEAQ was 0.79 and 0.87, respectively. Both had high correlation coefficients with DASS-21 and SWLS, indicating criteria-related validity. Moreover, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was also carried out. The correlation coefficient to the original was high (0.96 for AAQ-II and MEAQ, and subscales ranging from 0.83-0.94). They also had high internal consistency, with Cronbach’s alpha being 0.89 in AAQ-II and 0.92 in MEAQ, with high construct reliability (0.88 and 0.79-0.86). Conclusion: The translated versions of AAQ-II and MEAQ have good psychometric properties. When comparing AAQ-II with MEAQ, it was noted that the correlation between AAQ and other scales was higher than MEAQ, which only had a moderate correlation. AAQ-II also tends to have a high association with distress variables. However, it is still possible to assess experiential avoidance. Thus, the use of each questionnaire will be depended on certain objectives.

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

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Men’s Intentions to Recommend Professional Help-Seeking to Their Partners in the Postpartum Period: the Direct and Indirect Effects of Gender-Role Conflict

Men’s Intentions to Recommend Professional Help-Seeking to Their Partners in the Postpartum Period: the Direct and Indirect Effects of Gender-Role Conflict

Addressing Ethical Issues in Studying Men’s Traumatic Stress

Psychometric Properties of Scales for Assessing Experiential Avoidance

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