Momentary experiential avoidance: Within-person correlates, antecedents, and consequences and between-person moderators

Wenze, Susan J.; Gaugler, Trent; Sheets, Erin S.; DeCicco, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2018.05.011

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“…The current study reflects secondary analyses of an earlier dataset, collected to examine questions unrelated to the present work (Wenze, Gaugler, Sheets, & DeCicco, 2018). None of these data have been previously published.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Effects of Exercise on Frustration-Induced Anxiety-Like Behavior in Rats

Taylor¹,

Ficzere²,

Louis³

et al. 2019

PsiChiJournal

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Effects of Exercise on Frustration-Induced Anxiety-Like Behavior in Rats

Taylor¹,

Ficzere²,

Louis³

et al. 2019

PsiChiJournal

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“…This finding was particularly notable, given that many empirically-supported treatments focus on directly targeting EA to reduce symptoms of psychopathology, including anxiety disorders (e.g., Barlow et al, 2004;Hayes et al, 2006;Roemer et al, 2008). This finding was also surprising in light of evidence that EA mediates treatment outcomes for SAD (Niles et al, 2014) and unidirectionally or bidirectionally predicts anxiety symptoms and stress (Moroz & Dunkley, 2019;Spinhoven et al, 2014;Wenze et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 98%

Evaluating Mechanisms: Mapping Weekly Dynamics between Experiential Avoidance and SAD Symptoms

Sarfan

Magee

Clerkin

2021

J Psychopathol Behav Assess

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Widely-used, empirically-supported treatments focus on reducing experiential avoidance (EA) as a mechanism of social anxiety disorder (SAD) symptom change. However, little is known about how EA and SAD symptoms bidirectionally interrelate from session to session, or throughout the course of an intervention—a gap that raises significant theoretical and clinical questions about the mechanistic role of EA. Participants (N = 78) with elevated EA and SAD symptoms completed a 3-session pilot intervention (Approach-Avoidance Task training plus psychoeducation) designed to target EA. Bivariate latent change score modeling was then used to map the bidirectional, temporal interrelationships between EA and SAD symptoms from session to session. Analyses accounted for the overall trajectory of change in both variables (i.e., EA and SAD) and both variables’ preceding measurement. Findings suggested that changes in SAD symptoms preceded and predicted changes in EA from session to session. Contrary to hypotheses, this effect was not bidirectional, as changes in EA did not precede and predict changes in SAD symptoms from session to session. The use of a relatively small analogue sample limit the external validity of the present findings. Nevertheless, these novel findings advance our understanding of the dynamic interrelationships between EA and SAD symptoms throughout treatment. Moreover, given that many leading treatments target EA, this study highlights a need for future work to continue evaluating whether EA is indeed a mechanism of SAD symptom change.

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“…Research suggests that constructs that are highly related to nonacceptance of emotion are associated with higher negative emotion over time. For example, experiential avoidance in response to negative stimuli is associated with prospective within-person increases in negative emotion (Hershenberg, Mavandadi, Wright, & Thase, 2017; Machell, Goodman, & Kashdan, 2015; Wenze, Gaugler, Sheets, & DeCicco, 2018). Many other studies have shown that acceptance of emotion is prospectively associated with lower negative emotion both within and between person (e.g., Dunn, Billotti, Murphy, & Dalgleish, 2009; Ford, Lam, John, & Mauss, 2018; Heiy & Cheavens, 2014; Levitt, Brown, Orsillo, & Barlow, 2004; Shallcross, Troy, Boland, & Mauss, 2010).…”

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Negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion in daily life.

Bailen¹,

Koval²,

Strube³

et al. 2022

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Nonacceptance of emotion is consistently linked with increased levels of psychopathology and diminished well-being. Research has found that negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion are positively associated cross-sectionally but has yet to directly investigate temporal associations between these constructs. Given that negative emotions are frequently the target of negative thoughts and other emotions, and that acceptance of emotion is associated with prospective decreases in negative emotion, we hypothesized that the temporal relation between negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion is bidirectional. The present study examined the association between these variables during people’s daily lives using an experience sampling methodology. Multilevel modeling was used for all analyses, including hierarchical generalized linear modeling and log-normal hurdle modeling. A total of 187 women from the United States and Australia reported negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion 14 times a day for 5 days. Negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion were positively associated contemporaneously. Across time, nonacceptance of emotion was prospectively and positively associated with the intensity of negative emotion independent of immediately prior negative emotion, and negative emotion intensity was prospectively and positively associated with nonacceptance of emotion independent of immediately prior nonacceptance. Results support a bidirectional model of negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion wherein each variable predicts increases in the other across time. Our findings elucidate how individuals fall into maladaptive emotional patterns that are difficult to break and could possibly pave the way to the development and maintenance of psychopathology.

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Momentary experiential avoidance: Within-person correlates, antecedents, and consequences and between-person moderators

Cited by 19 publications

References 79 publications

Examining the Effects of Exercise on Frustration-Induced Anxiety-Like Behavior in Rats

Examining the Effects of Exercise on Frustration-Induced Anxiety-Like Behavior in Rats

Evaluating Mechanisms: Mapping Weekly Dynamics between Experiential Avoidance and SAD Symptoms

Negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion in daily life.

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