TLDR. Yet, much of what we know, or think we know, about psychological flexibility hinges on a single measurement approach using the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ and AAQ-II). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2011.11.001. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 14, 8289. which are the general mental functions that help us to cordinate Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2000). Psychological flexibility is a multidimensional trait that plays an important role in many areas of life, including mental health. like the disexecutive questionnaire (DEX), which is best suited for Psychological flexibility is the ability to respond to stimuli in a manner that is functional given a particular context, and that is congruent with personal values (Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010 ). Both present the ACT problems and processes using simplified terminology. This page lists different questionnaires for you to assess your psychological flexibility across a range of different areas. Mele, M. L., & Federici, S. (2012). Previous research produced two factors, social, Communication flexibility has long been recognized as an essential component of communication competence. Approche de la flexibilit cognitive dans la problmatique de la rsolution de problme. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-009-0333-7. Learn more about Institutional subscriptions. Convergent validity was confirmed by the findings of a positive correlation between the PFQ and three other related questionnaires. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.247. Attention, selfregulation and consciousness. 2006). Testing the feasibility and acceptability of a three-session online parent workshop based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and addressing concerns about eating well and nutrition in IBD suggest that providing parents of children with IBD a brief online ACT workshop including nutrition guidance is feasible and leads to changes in parenting behaviours. AIM: A behavior analytic curriculum for social-emotional development in children. European Review of Applied Psychology, 59(4), 301308. The future is an uncertain situation, Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century, When talking about human well-being, Unconditional Self-acceptance represents one of the cores. Schultz, P., & Searleman, A. Hollenstein, T., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Potworowski, G. (2013). Siepmann, M., Aykac, V., Unterdrfer, J., Petrowski, K., & Mueck-Weymann, M. (2008). clinical populations. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087445. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2015.1062115. Cognitive effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A systematic review. Dunod. Whiting DL, Deane FP, Ciarrochi J, McLeod HJ, Simpson GK. (2019). As you know, A Liberated Mind walks through all of the psychological flexibility processes that make up ACT. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> Whiting, D. L., Deane, F. P., Ciarrochi, J., McLeod, H. J., & Simpson, G. K. (2015a). Frontiers in Public Health, 1, 68. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2013.00068. Hayes, S. C., Levin, M., Plumb-Vilardaga, J., Villatte, J., & Pistorello, J. A measuring instrument (RHETSEN) was developed and the, Table 1: Factor analysis: rotated component matrix, variance explained and reliability of each component, By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our, The Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PFQ): Development, Reliability and Validity. The site is secure. Psychological flexibility (PF) is a popular construct in clinical psychology. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. Department of Psychology, , Nantes University, Chemin de La Censive du Tertre, B.P. Masuda, A., Mandavia, A., & Tully, E. C. (2014). Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.10.002. (2011). In: Stolerman I., Price L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Brown V.J., Tait D.S. Wiley Interdiscip Reviews Cognitive Science, 1, 586596. PDF Parental psychological flexibility in parenting of adolescents The PIPS subscale Avoidance predicted pain-related disability even after controlling for catastrophizing and fear of movement and may be a valuable instrument to assess treatment processes in future RCTs. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028331. Acceptance and mindfulness-based treatments for chronic pain attempts to alter the impact of pain-related thoughts and feelings on behavior without necessarily changing the thoughts and. The Q-sort method in personality assessment and psychiatric research. (2022)Cite this article. This novel measure, the Eating Disorder Flexibility Index (EDFLIX) questionnaire, was found to be reliable and valid in the assessment of cognitive and behavioral flexibility, with results offering support for the conceptual distinction between general and ED related flexibility. For feedback on the translations, please contact the translators directly. Adjusting behavior to changing environmental demands with development. Conflation between self-report and neurocognitive assessments of The Journal of General Psychology, 39(1), 1522. The impact of psychiatric classification on mental health practice and research. Acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. Results indicated that acceptance predicted mental health and an objective measure of performance over and above job control, negative affectivity, and locus of control over and over. Excluding social development, adolescents improved significantly in all assessed aspects of functioning and pain acceptance, and changes in parent psychological flexibility were significantly associated with changes in adolescent pain acceptance. Psychological Science, 15(7), 482487. The role of rumination in depressive disorders and mixed anxiety/depressive symptoms. One such subscale was the Flexibility (Fx) subscale, which comprised of 28-items that were designed to assess the ability to be adaptable in thinking, behaviour, and tempera- (1961). Parsons, T. D., & Phillips, A. S. (2016). Bluett, E. J., Lee, E. B., Simone, M., Lockhart, G., Twohig, M. P., Lensegrav-Benson, T., & Quakenbush-Roberts, B. Would you like email updates of new search results? All rights reserved, Experiential avoidance where events, thoughts, and feelings are avoided. The CFS is in the original paper not listed as a The article presents the development of the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PFQ) on the basis of two studies. Google Scholar. There is a wealth of measures available, with adequate reliability overall but a lack of psychometrics on temporal stability, and each of the cognitive, affective, and behavioral parent constructs examined was significantly associated with pain-related functional disability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(2), 320333. Virtual reality in neuroscience research and therapy. Roman Malo. (2006). Heart rate variability biofeedback and other psychophysiological procedures as important elements in psychotherapy. Virtual reality measures in neuropsychological assessment: A meta-analytic review. Article Psychological flexibility (PF) is a popular construct in clinical psychology. Although researchers have focused on various predictors of Acceptance, there is not a clear, International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, We examined mediators of a multi-component positive psychology intervention for healthy employees. Since ACT is used for various disorders, the AAQ-II has been adapted for different patient populations, including patients with chronic pain ( 14 ), diabetes ( 15 ), and substance abuse ( 16 ). Demetriou, C., Ozer, B. U., & Essau, C. A. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 5(3), 230236. There was no statistically significant differences between men Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Mental flexibility is the ability to switch between different thoughts https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.002. (2011). Bjorklund, D. F., & Harnishfeger, K. K. (1995). & Paliliunas, D.(2017). Mascolo, M. F. (2016). Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological flexibility Deveney, C. M., & Deldin, P. J. Psychological Reports, 76, 623-626. A lack of psychological, This paper focuses on pinpointing the existence of a relationship between the variables family resilience, cognitive flexibility and parents transformative learning experiences. Table 1 from The Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PFQ On the possibility and reality of introspection. Given the role of psychological flexibility, researchers have been, Journal of educational evaluation for health professions. Psychological flexibility is also a central component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This research project identified and assess parental and child factors of importance for functioning and treatment effects in pediatric chronic pain and assessed the indirect effects of insomnia and psychological inflexibility on the relationships between ASD-traits or ADHD-symptoms as predictors and functioning and HRQoL as dependents. View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar. Psychological inflexibility mediates the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes. 2022 Oct;26:201-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.10.001. Predicting anxiety: The role of experiential avoidance and anxiety sensitivity. Negut, A., Matu, S.-A., Sava, F. A., & David, D. (2016). Previous research produced two factors, social, Communication flexibility has long been recognized as an essential component of communication competence. Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological flexibility. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-010-9210-x. . (2006). Given the role of psychological flexibility, researchers have been, Journal of educational evaluation for health professions. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42(2), 163170. At present, there are limited studies that examine the relationships between caregiver psychological factors and caregiver burden, and depressive and anxiety symptoms. Shawnee Scientific Press, 2018. Behavioral Ecology, 28(4), 943947. Hayes, S. C., Luoma, J. Gloster AT, Block VJ, Klotsche J, et al. Behavior Therapy, 45(6), 831839. McCracken, L. M., Gutirrez-Martnez, O., & Smyth, C. (2013). Levin ME, Luoma JB, Lillis J, Hayes SC, Vilardaga R. J Contextual Behav Sci. The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II; Bond et al., 2011) is a seven item, Likert-scale that has been validated with the medical student population. Disentangling components of flexibility via the hexaflex model: Development and validation of the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI). Trends in Neurosciences, 38(9), 571578. and women on this scale. Embodiment as a unifying perspective for psychology. (1946). Psychological mechanism of acceptance and commitment therapy and rational emotive behavior therapy for treating hoarding: Evidence from randomized controlled trials. Bond, F. W., Hayes, S. C., Baer, R. A., Carpenter, K. C., Guenole, N., Orcutt, H. K., & Zettle, R. D. (2011). Convergent validity was confirmed by the findings of a positive correlation between the PFQ and three other related questionnaires. 2015). Problems with the current use of the AAQ-II were apparent, hindering current knowledge of PF. Gloster, A. T., Meyer, A. H., & Lieb, R. (2017). Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 9(3), 2043808718779431. Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. Poiesis & Praxis, 6, 219233. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 88101. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. Cognitive control and flexibility in the context of stress and depressive symptoms: The cognitive control and flexibility questionnaire. %PDF-1.3 Functional flexibility: A new conception of interpersonal flexibility. same purpose. Series B, Biological Sciences, 359(1449), 13671378. Experiential avoidance: An examination of the construct validity of the AAQ-II and MEAQ. (PDF) Measuring psychological flexibility in medical students and Lehrer, P. M. (2018). View 4 excerpts, cites background and methods, Psychological flexibility is considered to be a persons ability to flexibly use emotional, behavioral, and cognitive strategies to adapt to changing situational demands. They are not just seen as ways of counterbalancing psychological dysfunction, but as positive psychological skills suitable for anyone wishing to live a balanced life. PubMed Le Quang, G., & Gansel, Y. ACT encourages committed action in the service of our values, Client handout use as a psychoeducation resource, Discussion point use to provoke a discussion and explore client beliefs, Therapist learning tool improve your familiarity with a psychological construct, Supervision tool use to develop formulations and knowledge, Teaching resource use as a learning tool during training. Brain Injury, 28(56), 646647. Download Citation | Development and preliminary validation of Cancer-related Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire | The Cancer-related Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (CPFQ) was . FOIA The paradox of cognitive flexibility in autism. Psychol Assess. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the Psychological Assessment, 32(9), 829. Finally, we wish to underline the relevance of a convergence of measures by reflecting on the limits of current tools and proposing mixed ecological protocols between objective and subjective measures in a perspective of mutual enrichment, both theoretical and clinical. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034437. Psychological flexibility is theorized to be a Dennis, J. P., & Vander Wal, J. S. (2010). Lewin, K. (1951). Psychological flexibility could be a crucial psychological resilience factor against the adverse impact of nurses' burnout on their mental health problems and well-being during COVID-19. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 3847. Biological Psychiatry, 75(8), 660670. Two hexaflexes are presented, one with core problems (top) and the other with core processes (below). (2020). Individual differences in reappraisal effectiveness: The role of affective flexibility. Doorley, J. D., Goodman, F. R., Kelso, K. C., & Kashdan, T. B. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2017.02.003. Dajani, D. R., & Uddin, L. Q. Revista De Filosofia & Cincia, 6, 173198. https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.100.4.569. Psychological flexibility as a predictor of professional quality of Psychological Flexibility - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Google Scholar. (2006). Convergent validity was confirmed by the findings of a positive correlation between the PFQ and three other related questionnaires. Correspondence to Malooly, A. M., Genet, J. J., & Siemer, M. (2013). Acceptance and commitment therapy and contextual behavioral science: Examining the progress of a distinctive model of behavioral and cognitive therapy. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12, 106118. (2013). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 20, 172-183. 2022 Aug 15;311:267-275. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.024. The Parent Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PPFQ) is currently the only instrument developed for this purpose, and two. The Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale (PIPS) - validation, factor structure and comparison to the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) and other validated measures in German chronic back pain patients A. Barke, Jenny Riecke, W. Rief, J. Glombiewski Psychology, Medicine BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2015 TLDR Are you a qualified therapist who would like to help with our translation project? Inflexible autonomic responses to sadness predict habitual and real-world rumination: A multi-level, multi-wave study. (2021). 2023 Jan 1;320:148-160. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.116. What are implicit measures and why are we using them? Assessment, 25, 458482. Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies My Flexibility Scores | Steven C. Hayes, PhD Pedroli, E., Serino, S., Pallavicini, F., Cipresso, P., & Riva, G. (2018). JOMSIGN: Journal of Multicultural Studies in Guidance and Counseling, 3(1), 6474. Berman, N. C., Wheaton, M. G., McGrath, P., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2010). What is normal? Psychological flexibility is often measured with the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2 (AAQ-2; Bond et alii, 2011), which is a single-factor instrument inspecting the whole of experiential avoidance and its counterpart, psychological flexibility. The Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PFQ): Development This novel measure, the Eating Disorder Flexibility Index (EDFLIX) questionnaire, was found to be reliable and valid in the assessment of cognitive and behavioral flexibility, with results offering support for the conceptual distinction between general and ED related flexibility. Careers. (2006). Understanding psychological flexibility: A multimethod exploration of pursuing valued goals despite the presence of distress. A basic scale question with some items reverse scored. thought and action. Biological Psychology, 123, 111118. Virtual reality for psychological assessment in clinical practice. 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