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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Autores: Márquez González, María, Cabrera Lafuente, Isabel, Losada, Andrés, Knight, Bob G.
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
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1293003
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Palabra clave:experiential avoidance
attentional biases
dementia caregivers
blood pressure
dot probe task
Psicología
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spelling Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregiversMárquez González, MaríaCabrera Lafuente, IsabelLosada, AndrésKnight, Bob G.experiential avoidanceattentional biasesdementia caregiversblood pressuredot probe taskPsicologíaObjectives: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 caregiversThe Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [grant numberPSI2015-65152-C2-2-R]; the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation[grant number PSI2009-08132]RoutledgeDepartamento de Psicología Biológica y de la SaludFacultad de Psicología20172017-03-02research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/709799https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1293003reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7097992026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
title Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
spellingShingle Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
Márquez González, María
experiential avoidance
attentional biases
dementia caregivers
blood pressure
dot probe task
Psicología
title_short Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
title_full Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
title_fullStr Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
title_full_unstemmed Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
title_sort Attentional avoidant biases as mediators in the association between experiential avoidance and blood pressure in dementia family caregivers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Márquez González, María
Cabrera Lafuente, Isabel
Losada, Andrés
Knight, Bob G.
author Márquez González, María
author_facet Márquez González, María
Cabrera Lafuente, Isabel
Losada, Andrés
Knight, Bob G.
author_role author
author2 Cabrera Lafuente, Isabel
Losada, Andrés
Knight, Bob G.
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud
Facultad de Psicología
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv experiential avoidance
attentional biases
dementia caregivers
blood pressure
dot probe task
Psicología
topic experiential avoidance
attentional biases
dementia caregivers
blood pressure
dot probe task
Psicología
description 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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