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Nightmares and Psychopathology: The Moderating Effect of Experiential Avoidance

Abstract

This study investigated the role of experiential avoidance in the relationship between nightmares and psychopathology in a sample of 461 college students. We considered nightmare frequency, nightmare distress, experiential avoidance, psychological symptoms, schizotypal personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder. The results indicated that the interaction between experiential avoidance and nightmare frequency was a significant predictor of nightmare distress. For lower nightmare frequencies, nightmare distress did not correlate with nightmare distress. However, at higher nightmare frequencies nightmare distress was positively correlated with experiential avoidance. The interaction between experiential avoidance and nightmare distress was a significant predictor of the psychopathological severity. The greater the nightmare distress, the greater the effect of experiential avoidance upon the psychopathological symptoms was found. We discuss the clinical implications of these results, limitations of the study, and possible directions for future study.

keywords
nightmare frequency, nightmare distress, experiential avoidance, psychopathology, nightmare frequency, nightmare distress, experiential avoidance, psychopathology, 악몽빈도, 악몽고통, 경험회피, 정신병리

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