Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
Objectives:Experiential avoidance in caregiving (EAC) has been found to be related with dementiafamily caregivers distress and blood pressure (BP). The association between EAC and avoidantattentional biases to emotional stimuli in dementia caregivers, and the potential mediating role ofthese attenti...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/709799 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709799 https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1293003 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | experiential avoidance attentional biases dementia caregivers blood pressure dot probe task Psicología |
| Sumario: | Objectives:Experiential avoidance in caregiving (EAC) has been found to be related with dementiafamily caregivers distress and blood pressure (BP). The association between EAC and avoidantattentional biases to emotional stimuli in dementia caregivers, and the potential mediating role ofthese attentional biases in the association between EAC and increased BP are explored.Method:Seventy nine dementia family caregivers performed a dot-probe task with emotional pictures(distressing and positive) varying in content (general vs. caregiving-related (CR)) and time of exposure(100 vs. 500 ms). They also completed measures of EAC, anxiety, depression, alexithymia andrumination, and their BP was measured.Results:EAC was associated with avoidant attentional biases to CR emotional pictures and negativepictures in general at 100 ms. Experiential Avoidance in Caregiving Questionnaire (EACQ)‘avoidantbehaviors’and EACQ‘intolerance of negativity’factors were associated with diastolic and systolic BP,respectively, with attentional avoidance of CR emotional pictures (distressing and positive,respectively) mediating this association.Conclusion:Attentional avoidance of CR emotional stimuli may be the link between EAC andincreased BP, as it prevents emotional processing and facilitates the maintenance of physiologicalactivation. EAC may pose a risk for cardiovascular disease in dementia caregivers |
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