Predictores de la inmovilidad tónica ante eventos traumáticos

Autores/as

  • Arturo Bados Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona.
  • Eugeni García-Grau Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona.
  • Adela Fusté Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.31.3.178491
Palabras clave: Inmovilidad tónica, eventos traumáticos, trauma, Escala de Inmovilidad Tónica, Cuestionario de Eventos Traumáticos

Resumen

La inmovilidad tónica (IT) es una posible reacción ante el peligro que es facilitada por el miedo intenso, la restricción física y la incapacidad percibida de escapar. Otras variables que podrían influir, tales como el tipo de eventos traumáticos, características de los mismos y características personales han sido poco o nada estudiadas. El presente estudio evaluó la capacidad de estas variables para predecir la IT en una muestra de 273 universitarios que habían experimentado al menos un suceso traumático. El 7.7% y el 13.2% de participantes reaccionaron con IT según las dos definiciones más estrictas adoptadas. La mayoría de las variables estuvieron significativamente asociadas con la IT en análisis univariantes. Sin embargo, en un análisis de regresión múltiple, sólo ciertas características de los eventos (ocurrencia de maltrato físico/ abuso sexual, número de tipos diferentes de eventos experimentados) y determinadas reacciones ante los mismos (percepción de lo traumáticos que fueron, respuesta de miedo intenso) fueron predictores significativos de la IT. Puesto que estos predictores sólo explicaron el 25% de la varianza, debería investigarse la influencia de otras variables, tales como el neuroticismo, la afectividad negativa  y la sensación de falta de control personal o de recursos para afrontar los eventos traumáticos.

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16-09-2015
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Bados, A., García-Grau, E., & Fusté, A. (2015). Predictores de la inmovilidad tónica ante eventos traumáticos. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 31(3), 782–790. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.31.3.178491
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Psicología clínica y de la salud