Ecological momentary assessment review reveals bidirectional links between experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms, suggesting avoidance maintains distress.
Experiential avoidance (EA) may serve as a risk factor for a wide range of anxiety-related psychopathology. Anxiety is thought to trigger the use of EA, while also serving as a consequence of EA efforts. Previous ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies found that EA was associated with greater anxiety in nonclinical undergraduates and patients with social anxiety disorder.
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