Experiential avoidance as a mediator in the relationship between childhood psychological abuse and current mental health symptoms in college students

Journal of Emotional Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-85

  Reddy, Madhavi K ^a   Pickett, Scott M ^a   Orcutt, Holly K ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential avoidance; Mediation; Psychological abuse; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENING VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33746611157     PISSN: 10926798     EISSN: 15404714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J135v06n01_04     Document Type: Article

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