Experiential avoidance as a functional dimensional approach to psychopathology: an empirical review.

By Neharika Chawla, B. Ostafin. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2007

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• The Roles of Cognitive Flexibility and Experiential Avoidance in Explaining Psychological Distress in Survivors of Interpersonal Victimization (2011, background): “Despite the relief experienced following these avoidance behaviors, chronic avoidance coping has been linked to various forms of psychopathology ( Chawla and Ostafin 2007; Hayes et al. 1996; Kingston et al. 2010), including PTSD severity among trauma survivors in non-clinical (Marx and Sloan 2005; ”
• Italian Version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II): Dimensionality, Reliability, Convergent and Criterion Validity (2013, background): “body of previous evidence suggesting that inflexibility is a key process involved in the aetiology and maintenance of psychopathology and psychological suffering (e.g., BarnesHolmes et al. 2004; Chawla and Ostafin 2007; Fledderus et al. 2010; Gaudiano 2011; Hayes et al. 2006; Öst 2008; Pull 2008; Ru”
• When is Online Pornography Viewing Problematic Among College Males? Examining the Moderating Role of Experiential Avoidance (2012, positive): “There is substantial literature demonstrating that experiential avoidance can lead to, exacerbate, and maintain a broad range of psychological problems (Chowla & Ostafin, 2007 ; Hayes, Luoma, Bond, Masuda, & Lillis, 2006 ).”
• Acceptance: An Historical and Conceptual Review (2010, background): “Thus, experiential avoidance may be a candidate for an organizing construct, though Chawla and Ostafin (2007) caution that it lacks theoretical integration and incremental validity relative to other constructs.”
• The interactive effect of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance on anxiety, depression, stress and posttraumatic stress symptoms (2016, background): “Of these processes, experiential avoidance (EA), has received the bulk of empirical attention (Chawla & Ostafin, 2007).”
• Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II: a revised measure of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance. (2011, methodology): “Despite its variable internal consistency, the AAQ-I has performed very well in relation to its underlying theory (Chawla & Ostafin, 2007; Hayes et al., 2006) ; further research will be needed to more fully examine the psychometric properties and usefulness of this new version of the AAQ.”
• Mnemic neglect: Selective amnesia of one’s faults (2016, background): “…due to its motivational and emotional underpinnings, the MNE can be considered an instance of experiential avoidance (Blackledge & Hayes, 2001; Chawla & Ostafin, 2007), defined as “any attempt to avoid thoughts, feelings, memories, physical sensations, and other internal experiences, despite…”
• Mind full or mindful: a report on mindfulness and psychological health in healthy adolescents (2016, background): “Psychological inflexibility is considered an emotional vulnerability for many forms of psychopathology and has drawn increased attention from researchers (Chawla & Ostafin, 2007; Hayes, Luoma, Bond, Masuda, & Lilis, 2006; Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010).”