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Experiential Avoidance in Civilian War Survivors With Current Versus Recovered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Nexhmedin Morina,
Ulrich Stangier and
Anne Katrin Risch
Nexhmedin Morina*
Affiliation:
University of Frankfurt, Germany
Ulrich Stangier
Affiliation:
University of Frankfurt, Germany
Anne Katrin Risch
Affiliation:
University of Jena, Germany
*
*Address for correspondence: Nexhmedin Morina, University of Frankfurt, Department of Psychology, Varrentrappstr. 40-42, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Email: morina@psych.uni-frankfurt.de
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Abstract

The present study investigated the role of experiential avoidance in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following war-related stress. Eighty-four civilian war survivors were assigned to one of three PTSD groups — current PTSD, recovered PTSD and non-PTSD. Groups were subsequently compared in regard to experiential avoidance. Results indicated significantly higher rates of experiential avoidance and psychological distress in the current PTSD group as compared with the recovered PTSD and non-PTSD groups. The recovered PTSD and non-PTSD groups did not significantly differ.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , 01 April 2008, pp. 15 - 22
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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