Explorando la relación entre las somatizaciones, la ansiedad y la regulación emocionalEl efecto mediador de las estrategias desadaptativas

  1. Gabriel Esteller Collado 1
  2. María Carpallo González 2
  3. Roger Muñoz Navarro 2
  1. 1 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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    Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

    Elche, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01azzms13

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revista:
Ansiedad y estrés

ISSN: 1134-7937

Año de publicación: 2023

Título del ejemplar: (September - December 2023)

Volumen: 29

Número: 3

Páginas: 145-152

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5093/ANYES2023A18 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Ansiedad y estrés

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Resumen

Los trastornos emocionales como la ansiedad, la depresión o las somatizaciones son los más frecuentes en la población mundial. En el caso concreto de los trastornos de ansiedad y por somatización la incidencia se sitúa en el 11 y 12%, respectivamente. La relación entre sendos trastornos ha sido ampliamente estudiada, mostrando la existencia de una relación bidireccional entre ambos. Sin embargo, los mecanismos que explican dicha interrelación todavía requieren de mayor estudio. El objetivo del presente trabajo es estudiar el rol mediador de las estrategias cognitivas de regulación emocional adaptativas y desadaptativas en la relación entre la ansiedad y los síntomas somáticos. Para ello, se ha utilizado una muestra de 1,730 participantes españoles. La muestra fue recogida mediante encuestas online dentro de un diseño observacional transversal. Para analizar los datos recogidos se plantean análisis correlacionales de las variables implicadas, así como tres modelos de mediación multivariable entre los síntomas de ansiedad (ansiedad generalizada, ansiedad cognitivo-afectiva o ansiedad somática), las estrategias cognitivas de regulación emocional adaptativas y desadaptativas, y los síntomas somáticos. Los resultados muestran que las estrategias de regulación emocional desadaptativas juegan un rol mediador solo entre la ansiedad de tipo somático y los síntomas somáticos, mientras que este efecto no se observó entre los síntomas de ansiedad generalizada y ansiedad cognitiva. Se debaten las implicaciones clínicas a la hora de abordar los trastornos de ansiedad y las somatizaciones.

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