PDF Psychological Flexibility: Toward a Better Understanding of - Springer Therefore, appropriate measurement methods should, ideally, be able to capture it in clinical and non-clinical samples. New Ideas in Psychology, 30, 190200. My Flexibility Scores The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-2) This is perhaps the most commonly used measure of psychological flexibility that you can find. Lloyd, J., Bond, F. W., & Flaxman, P. E. (2013). Psychological flexibility: What we know, what we do not know, and what Poiesis & Praxis, 6, 219233. Front Public Health. To do so, we propose a presentation of the notions, as well as perspectives to improve actual assessment, especially in its ecological aspects. 2022 Oct;26:201-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.10.001. Beyond objectivity and subjectivity: The intersubjective foundations of psychological science. Cattell, R. B. The core problems hexaflex can be used to help clients to understand at which points they might be particularly stuck or as a prompt for areas of exploration in therapy. which are the general mental functions that help us to cordinate A scoping review was conducted in two databases (PsycNET and SCOPUS). Everything you could need: a PDF of the resource, therapist instructions, and description with theoretical context and references. Parsons, T. D., & Phillips, A. S. (2016). Epub 2022 May 13. [PDF] The Parent Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PPFQ): Item ACT teaches cognitive defusion techniques to aidunhooking from problematic thoughts, Dominance of the conceptualized past and feared future describes the propensity we have for our minds to timetravel to the past (rumination) and future (worry). FLEXIBILITY QUESTIONNAIRE: CPFQ The AIM Curriculum includes two measures of adaptive, flexible behavior: a child report and a caregiver report. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 14, 8289. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy: 21 ACT Worksheets (+ PDF) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.002. eCollection 2022. Previous research produced two factors, social, Communication flexibility has long been recognized as an essential component of communication competence. Psychological flexibility (PF) is a popular construct in clinical psychology. Many studies conclude that psychological flexibility is an important determinant of mental health. OPEN AND ENGAGED STATE QUESTIONNAIRE 1 Assessing psychological flexibility: Validation of the Open and Engaged State Questionnaire Charles Benoy1,2, Barbara Knitter2, Linda Knellwolf2, Sabrina Doering2, Jens Klotsche3 & Andrew T. Gloster2 1Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Switzerland 2University of Basel, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Bitbol, M., & Petitmengin, C. (2013). Associations between psychological inflexibility and mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: A three-level meta-analytic review. (PDF) The development and initial evaluation of the Psychological Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episodes. 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. Context Press/New Harbinger Publications. A new measure of cognitive flexibility. The AIM Curriculum includes two measures of adaptive, flexible behavior: Childrens Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire.pdf, Childrens Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire-Caregiver Report.pdf. Health Psychology, 32(7), 820823. Practice Innovations, 1(3), 197. We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial involving 158 participants who were assigned to, The complexities of everyday life reinforce the need to be cognitively flexible. Part of Springer Nature. Cheng, C., Kogan, A., & Chio, J. H. M. (2012). Welcome to My Flexibility Scores. eCollection 2023. Findings (after. Work & Stress, 27(2), 181199. of the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PFQ) and evaluates its reliability and validity. Dajani, D. R., & Uddin, L. Q. Besides moderational models, researchers can also extend lines of work using person-centric approaches to understand clusters or subsets of people that demonstrate flexibility but fail to show benefits (Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010). Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120883. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 5(3), 230236. Clinical Psychology Review, 30(7), 865878. Individual differences in reappraisal effectiveness: The role of affective flexibility. A basic scale question with some items reverse scored. The studies describe how we reexamined the measure-ment of this construct and investigated the initial psychometricpropertiesoftheAAQ-II.InStudy1,a panel of experts generated items that assessed psychological flexibility and inflexibility. (2013). Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies Biological Psychology, 123, 111118. Inflexible autonomic responses to sadness predict habitual and real-world rumination: A multi-level, multi-wave study. (Download here). AAQ; Definition; Measurement; Psychological flexibility; Scoping review. The CFS is in the original paper not listed as a Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0120883. (PDF) Measuring psychological flexibility in medical students and Roman Malo. Description and measurement of personality. This points to the utility of targeting parental psychological flexibility in pediatric chronic pain. Further, the. Harpers. Stabbe, O. K., Rolffs, J. L., & Rogge, R. D. (2019). Fuchs, T. (2009). Psychological Flexibility - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Gloster, A. T., Klotsche, J., Chaker, S., Hummel, K. V., & Hoyer, J. Neuron, 74, 9901004. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100(4), 569582. Developing the scale We created an item pool of over 550 items (including 22 of the most widely used scales from the ACT and mindfulness literatures) and gave those items . Both present the ACT problems and processes using simplified terminology. Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., Bunting, K., Twohig, M., & Wilson, K. G. (2004). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 12, 752762. The Q-sort method in personality assessment and psychiatric research. (2011). Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science, 50(4), 543554. acknowledge the authors and their research paper when writing about it Psychological flexibility as a predictor of professional quality of Reliability was demonstrated by a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.918. Unlike other, Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, OBJECTIVE Cognitive and psychological flexibility after a traumatic brain injury and the implications for treatment in acceptance-based therapies: A conceptual review. The ACT matrix: A new approach to building psychological flexibility across settings and populations. This study explores the relationship between psychological flexibility and future anxiety mediated by intolerance of uncertainty in students of SMK PGRI 3 Malang. A three level meta-analysis. Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS) - PsyToolkit Epub 2015 Jul 9. However, similar constructs have existed since the mid-20th century, resulting in different terms, definitions and measures of flexibility, hindering the advancement of the field. Acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. Lezak, M. D., Howieson, D. B., Loring, D. W., & Fischer, J. S. (2004). Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(1), 109113. Defining and measuring psychological flexibility: A narrative scoping review of diverse flexibility and rigidity constructs and perspectives. The Parent Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PPFQ) is currently the only instrument developed for this purpose, and two. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30(1), 6072. Findings highlight the importance of pain education, formulating and acting in line with personal values, and communication around the pain experience, as well as the need for developmental and individual adaptations of interventions. Validating measures of psychological flexibility in a population with acquired brain injury. The current study sought to validate the Swedish version of the 17-item PPFQ (PPFQ-17) in a sample of parents ( n = 263) of children with chronic pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2010.03.001. Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce back from negative emotional experiences. A pilot study on the effects of heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with depression and in healthy subjects. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.002. Block, J. Defining and measuring "psychological flexibility": A narrative scoping Copy and paste this code to your PsyToolkit account if you want to use the scale in your own online research project, open access academic review of instruments for measuring executive function. Definitional similarities among prominent flexibility constructs emerged, namely handling distress or interference, taking action, and meeting goals or values. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.109.3.504. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Front Psychol. Demystifying cognitive flexibility: Implications for clinical and developmental neuroscience. The goal of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is to increase psychological flexibility. McCracken, L. M., Gutirrez-Martnez, O., & Smyth, C. (2013). We examined the reliability and validity of the Japanese-version Parental Acceptance Questionnaire. Waldeck, D., Pancani, L., Holliman, A., Karekla, M., & Tyndall, I. (2012). 2023 Psychology Tools. 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. Whats flexible in behavioral flexibility? 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- (1995). 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.brat.2005.06.006. (PDF, 102.12 KB). All rights reserved, Experiential avoidance where events, thoughts, and feelings are avoided. Youth pain acceptance, pain self-efficacy, and parent psychological flexibility were highly positively correlated with each other, and with overall youth QOL, and Protectiveness was found to be a significant mediator of the relation between parental psychological flexibility and youthQOL. Emotion, 13, 302. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029980. Baker, L. D., & Berghoff, C. R. (2022). WebmedCentral PSYCHOLOGY, 5(4):WMC004606. TLDR. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12, 106118. Disclaimer. Rochefort, C., Baldwin, A. S., & Chmielewski, M. (2018). Nevertheless, we are intrigued by the question of whether a person can ever have too much of this good thing (Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010). Please take a few moments to think of an important goal that you are working on. A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, 329. Reitan, R. M. (1958). Psy-Flex | Faculty of Psychology - unibas.ch Psychological flexibility as a resilience factor in individuals with chronic pain. Provide a total score as well as individual subscales for each component of the ACT hexaflex, Use in intervention planning to determine which ACT areas to target, Use as a measure of progress and growth over time. The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) is a widely used questionnaire measuring experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility . Being chronically low in PF could lead to greater DIDF and thereby worse mental health and having more PF promotes the ability to identify and differentiate the nuances of pleasant and unpleasant emotions, which enhances an individual's mental health. Doorley, J. D., Goodman, F. R., Kelso, K. C., & Kashdan, T. B. Acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. To move towards definitional consensus and improved measurement, we surveyed the literature to map PF and related-terms, examine definitional overlaps, and assessthe psychometric quality of prominent flexibility measures. Google Scholar. Brown V.J., Tait D.S. Psychological Assessment, 27(2), 415423. Kairos. American Association for Research into Nervous and Mental Diseases, Posner, M. I., & Rothbart, M. K. (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-009-0333-7. [PDF] Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP. Behavior Therapy, 42(4), 676688. A new measure of cognitive flexibility. Inflexibility as a vulnerability to depression: A systematic qualitative review. % In Interference and inhibition in cognition (pp. Psychological inflexibility mediates the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> It seems that the CFS can be used for research, but you need to 141173). Google Scholar. Psychological Reports, 76, 623-626. Selfreport questionnaires. This list will continue to expand, so make sure to check back from time to time for more resources. and transmitted securely. https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.100.4.569. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 24(3), 245276. Luchins, A. S., & Luchins, E. H. (1959). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(2), 320333. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(2), 166171. A copy of the information handout in PDF format. Psychological flexibility (PF) is a popular construct in clinical psychology. Kashdan, T. B., & Rottenberg, J. Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. Gloster, A. T., Meyer, A. H., & Lieb, R. (2017). Pedroli, E., Serino, S., Pallavicini, F., Cipresso, P., & Riva, G. (2018). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: JINS, 10(4), 513. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. I'd suggest starting with the "The ACT Advisor" or the "Acceptance and Action Questionnaire" to assess your general psychological flexibility. Abstract The Parental Acceptance Questionnaire assesses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy outcomes. Book https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.09.005. There was no statistically significant differences between men Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109(3), 504511. 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. PDF Parental psychological flexibility in parenting of adolescents Two hexaflexes are presented, one with 'core problems' (top) and the other with 'core processes' (below). Unauthorized use of these marks is strictly prohibited. Hayes, S. C., Luoma, J. This series of studies operationalized the concept of rhetorical sensitivity first discussed by Hart and Burks in 1972. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 6474. Mental flexibility is the ability to switch between different thoughts interventions (A-Tjak et al. Prevalence and predictors of mental health outcomes in UK doctors and final year medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. M. Maor, B. Gurion, S. Ben-Itzhak, I. Bluvstein. Whiting, D. L., Deane, F. P., Simpson, G. K., McLeod, H. J., & Ciarrochi, J. PMC (PDF) The Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI) https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2010.524956. Le Quang, G., & Gansel, Y. measure of executive functions, but one can argue that it matches the same purpose. PDF Assessing psychological flexibility: Validation of the Open and Engaged . Psychol Assess. Convergent validity was confirmed by the findings of a positive correlation between the PFQ and three other related questionnaires. Behavior Therapy, 44, 180198. Striatal dysfunction during reversal learning in unmedicated schizophrenia patients. Its main features include: Brevity (6 items) Context sensitivity Treatment sensitivity Excellent validity Simple language Numerous translations https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-010-9210-x. PDF The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II: An Item Response - CORE Bluett, E. J., Lee, E. B., Simone, M., Lockhart, G., Twohig, M. P., Lensegrav-Benson, T., & Quakenbush-Roberts, B. Glenberg, A. M. (2010). PDF The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-2) - Steven C. Hayes