University of Tabriz Journal of Modern Psychological Researches 2322-3340 17 67 2022 11 22 The Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance and Cognitive Fusion in the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Social Anxiety The Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance and Cognitive Fusion in the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Social Anxiety 197 207 15316 10.22034/jmpr.2022.15316 FA Mehran Farhadi Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and social sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran. Soodeh Shadkam PhD student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and social sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran. Mohammad Reza Zoghipaidar Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and social sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran. Hossein Mohagheghi Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and social sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran. Journal Article 2021 03 12 Childhood trauma leads to negative consequences for mental health such as anxiety disorders. This study examined the mediating role of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance in the relationship between childhood trauma and social anxiety. The research method was correlational structural equations and the statistical population of the study included students of Bo Ali Sina University of Hamedan in the academic year of 99-98. According to the number of observed variables in the study, 350 people were selected by available sampling method. Research instruments included Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Brief Experimental Avoidance Scale, Cognitive Fusion Scale, and Leibovitz Social Anxiety Scale. Data were analyzed by structural equation method. Based on the research findings, there was a significant relationship between childhood trauma, cognitive fusion, experiential avoidance and social anxiety (p <0.01). According to the values of fit indices such as RMSEA, CFI, IFI, SRMR, etc., the proposed conceptual model was fitted. The mediating role of cognitive fusion and empirical avoidance was also confirmed. Experimental avoidance and cognitive fusion can be special ways to affect trauma on anxiety. Childhood trauma leads to negative consequences for mental health such as anxiety disorders. This study examined the mediating role of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance in the relationship between childhood trauma and social anxiety. The research method was correlational structural equations and the statistical population of the study included students of Bo Ali Sina University of Hamedan in the academic year of 99-98. According to the number of observed variables in the study, 350 people were selected by available sampling method. Research instruments included Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Brief Experimental Avoidance Scale, Cognitive Fusion Scale, and Leibovitz Social Anxiety Scale. Data were analyzed by structural equation method. Based on the research findings, there was a significant relationship between childhood trauma, cognitive fusion, experiential avoidance and social anxiety (p <0.01). According to the values of fit indices such as RMSEA, CFI, IFI, SRMR, etc., the proposed conceptual model was fitted. The mediating role of cognitive fusion and empirical avoidance was also confirmed. Experimental avoidance and cognitive fusion can be special ways to affect trauma on anxiety. https://psychologyj.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_15316_27f962a654a79a2a38dd57687a1e4979.pdf