• Clin Psychol Psychother · Jan 2011

    The mediation effect of experiential avoidance between coping and psychopathology in chronic pain.

    • Joana Costa and José Pinto-Gouveia.
    • CINEICC, University of Coimbra, Portugal. joanascosta@hotmail.com
    • Clin Psychol Psychother. 2011 Jan 1;18(1):34-47.

    AbstractThis study explores experiential avoidance as a mediator in the relationship between coping (rational coping, avoidant coping and detached/ emotional coping) and psychopathology (depression, anxiety and stress). A battery of self-report questionnaires was used to assess coping, experiential avoidance and depression, anxiety and stress in 70 participants with a chronic pain from Portuguese primary health care units. Regression analyses were performed and showed preliminary evidence supporting the mediation role of experiential avoidance in a Portuguese sample with chronic pain. Results show that experiential avoidance partially or fully mediate the effects of rational coping and detached/emotional coping on depression and stress. Implications for clinical practice were discussed and suggest that psychopathology is not necessary direct product of coping and other processes, such as experiential avoidance, are likely involved.Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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