Mindful Nonreactivity Moderates the Relationship between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression

Josh Kaplan; Vanessa Somohano; Ashley Eddy; Barry Oken; Helané Wahbeh

doi:10.1080/15325024.2022.2030019

Mindful Nonreactivity Moderates the Relationship between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression

Josh Kaplan, Vanessa Somohano, Ashley Eddy, Barry Oken, Helané Wahbeh

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Abstract

PTSD and depression represent major individual and societal burdens. Depression is commonly comorbid with PTSD among veterans, although buffers of this relationship are unclear. We evaluated whether facets of mindfulness moderated the relationship between PTSD and depression in veterans with PTSD (N = 70). Three facets—nonjudging, acting with awareness, and nonreactivity—were assessed as moderators. Results indicated nonreactivity significantly attenuated the relationship between PTSD and depression (p=.013), such that veterans with high nonreactivity (+1 SD) showed a nonsignificant relationship between PTSD and depression, whereas veterans with average (Mean; p <.001) and low (−1 SD; p <.001) nonreactivity exhibited a significant relationship.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	593-607
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Loss and Trauma
Volume	27
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2030019
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder
mindfulness
veterans

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Phychiatric Mental Health
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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