title: The relationship between suppression and subsequent intrusions: the mediating role of peritraumatic dissociation and anxiety.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although previous studies showed that thought and emotion suppression represent risk factors for intrusions development, the mechanisms that explain these relations were less explored. This study aims to examine the relationships between thought and emotion suppression and the symptoms of intrusion following the exposure to a trauma-related event. Moreover, we explored if these relationships would be mediated by peritraumatic state dissociation and state anxiety.
  
  
  METHODS
  The trauma film paradigm was used and the participants were students (N = 148) experimentally exposed to an aversive film to model a traumatic experience. Thought and emotion suppression were measured before the trauma exposure. After exposure, the participants completed scales for measuring state dissociation and state anxiety. Intrusive images and thoughts of the film were recorded in the subsequent week using an intrusion diary.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thought suppression predicted intrusive thoughts frequency, and this effect was mediated by the peritraumatic anxiety. State anxiety predicted both intrusive images and thoughts, while state dissociation only predicted intrusive images.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intrusive images and intrusive thoughts are different phenomena and they are predicted by different variables. The practical implications of these results for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment and secondary traumatization are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Psychology Department , Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi , Iasi , Romania.
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Măirean
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Psychology Department , Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi , Iasi , Romania.
authors.forename: Ciprian Marius
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ceobanu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013850:Thinking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Thought suppression; emotion suppression; intrusive images; intrusive thoughts; peritraumatic anxiety; state dissociation