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Item Adolescent social media use: Coping or avoidance?(2017-03-13) Harmon, Jennifer Marie; Venta, Amanda; Henderson, Craig; Crosby, JamesThe growing frequency of social media site use raises concerns regarding its psychological effects on users, particularly adolescents. The current study examined the moderating roles of social media coping and experiential avoidance within the relation between frequency of social media use and internalizing/externalizing symptoms of psychopathology in a sample of 334 college students between 17-19 years of age. It was found that neither social media coping nor experiential avoidance appeared to be related to internalizing or externalizing symptoms in the present sample.Item Mothers’ contingent reactions toward children’s emotions: Exploring the role of emotion regulation, experiential avoidance, and affective symptoms(2012-08) Heckler, David; Epkins, Catherine C.; Clopton, James R.; Borrego, Joaquin P.; Wherry, Jeffrey N.Parents are considered to be especially influential in the socialization of children’s emotion (Halberstadt, 1991). Nonsupportive contingent reactions have been found to be associated with a number of negative outcomes in children (see Eisenberg, Cumberland, & Spinrad, 1998 for a review). Conversely, parents who are more supportive in their responses to children’s emotions have children who utilize more adaptive coping strategies (i.e., Eisenberg, Cumberland, et al., 1998; McDowell et al., 2002; Valiente, Fabes, Eisenberg, & Spinrad, 2004). A sample of 124 children (age range: 10-12 years; M = 10.75, SD = .93) and their mothers participated in this study to address several gaps within the emotion socialization literature. Multiple mediation analyses revealed mothers’ contingent reactions (supportive and nonsupportive) did not have an indirect effect on children’s depression/anxiety through children’s emotion dysregulation, emotion inhibition, and experiential avoidance after controlling for overlapping affective symptoms. In addition, mothers’ warmth or control did not moderate the relation between mothers’ contingent reactions and children’s emotional inhibition. Finally, mothers’ experiential avoidance did not moderate the relation between mothers’ nonsupportive contingent reactions (both mother- and child-report) and children’s emotion dysregulation. In a more exploratory hypothesis, mothers’ supportive contingent reactions, nonsupportive contingent reactions, and parental distress did not mediate the relation between mothers’ and children’s experiential avoidance. However, mothers’ experiential avoidance had an indirect effect on children’s experiential avoidance through parental distress (child-report). Research and clinical implications are discussed, along with limitations and directions for future research.Item The use of a contextual writing intervention to reduce restrictive emotional, experiential avoidance, and psychological distress in men(2012-08) Grasso, Joseph Reyes; Rochlen, Aaron B.; Rochlen, Aaron B.; Rude, Stephanie S.This report examines the masculine gender norm of restrictive emotionality, in terms of its effects on mental health and its theoretical relationship to experiential avoidance. This norm has rarely been examined in the context of emotion research despite its similarity to experiential avoidance and emotion dysregulation constructs such as expressive suppression. After reviewing the psychological impact of restrictive emotionality, as well as how it may relate to other maladaptive processes, the report proposes an intervention to reduce adherence to this gender norm. Because traditionally masculine men are often averse to psychotherapy, a writing intervention is hypothesized to benefit this population. Specifically, a guided writing based in contextual reappraisal is posited to help men reduce psychological distress by reducing levels of restrictive emotionality and experiential avoidance. Contextual reappraisal is thought to help increase acceptance of one’s emotions, thus reducing the need to avoid or restrict emotional expression. A writing contextual writing intervention could benefit emotionally restrictive men by encouraging a non-evaluative stance toward vulnerable emotions while offering a private, non-threatening outlet for expression.