Posttraumatic growth, metacognitive beliefs, self-absorption and dysfunctional trauma-related attitudes in a sample of the spanish general population

  1. José Manuel Sánzhez Marqueses 1
  2. Rocío Fausor 1
  3. Ana Sanz-García 1
  4. María Paz García-Vera 1
  5. Jesús Sanz 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Ansiedad y estrés

ISSN: 1134-7937

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 28

Número: 3

Páginas: 194-206

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5093/ANYES2022A23 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Antecedentes: Los modelos teóricos actuales sobre el crecimiento postraumático (CPT) son fundamentalmente cognitivos. Sin embargo, existen pocos estudios sobre la relación del CPT con las creencias metacognitivas, la atención autofocalizada y las actitudes sobre el mundo y uno mismo relacionadas con el suceso traumático, factores cognitivos que podrían influir en el desarrollo del CPT. El objetivo del estudio fue examinar la relación del CPT con las creencias metacognitivas disfuncionales, la atención autofocalizada disfuncional (autoabsorción) y las actitudes disfuncionales traumáticas. Método: Una muestra de 250 adultos (58.8% mujeres; edad media = 41.9 años) que habían sufrido un acontecimiento traumático hacía una media de 14.5 años completaron medidas de esos tres constructos cognitivos, de sintomatología de estrés postraumático y depresión, optimismo y CPT. Resultados: Análisis de regresión múltiple revelaron que algunas dimensiones del CPT se asociaron linealmente o en U invertida con las creencias metacognitivas negativas sobre la preocupación, la autoconciencia cognitiva, la autoabsorción privada y las actitudes disfuncionales traumáticas de cronificación del malestar. Sin embargo, los factores con una asociación mayor y más consistente con el CPT eran el número de sucesos traumáticos vividos y la sintomatología de estrés postraumático, y, en menor medida, el optimismo y la sintomatología depresiva. Conclusión: Los resultados subrayan la importancia de los factores cognitivos en el CPT, en especial, de las actitudes básicas sobre uno mismo y el mundo y de la atención autofocalizada, pero también de las creencias metacognitivas. Los resultados también apoyan la hipótesis de que algún malestar emocional puede ser una condición necesaria para el CPT.

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This research was made possible by a predoctoral grant for Uni- versity Professor Training from the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport awarded to the study’s first author (FPU16/02976), and by a research grant from the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Uni- versities awarded to the last two authors (PGC2018-098387-B-I00).

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