[PDF] Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological In pediatric chronic pain, research indicates a positive relation between parental psychological flexibility (i.e., the parents willingness to experience distress related to the childs pain in the service of valued behavior) and level of functioning in the child. This series of studies operationalized the concept of rhetorical sensitivity first discussed by Hart and Burks in 1972. The six problems and processes in ACT are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) And Worry. (PDF) Psychological flexibility: What we know, what we do not know, and From: Dixon, M.R. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP. PubMed Central In this context, psychological flexibility can also be understood as a common factor of the six core competencies of ACT: Psychological flexibility is increasingly being studied in different contexts. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1991). Can be completed by family members, educators, therapists, etc. 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. Kashdan, T. B., Disabato, D. J., Goodman, F. R., Doorley, J. D., & McKnight, P. E. (2020). measure of psychological flexibility, by developing a second version, which we will term the AAQ-II. Exploring virtual reality for the assessment and rehabilitation of executive functions. Psychological Science, 15(7), 482487. British Psychoanalytic Council, 2015. Whiting, D., Deane, F., Ciarrochi, J., McLeod, H., & Simpson, G. (2014). The correlation between psychological flexibility and patient-reported outcomes was a strong and consistent correlate of outcome; effects were maintained even when potentially confounding clinical and sociodemographic characteristics were controlled. Virtual reality for psychological assessment in clinical practice. Heart rate variability as a transdiagnostic biomarker of psychopathology. Emotion, 13, 302. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029980. Whiting, D. L., Deane, F. P., Ciarrochi, J., McLeod, H. J., & Simpson, G. K. (2015a). A sample of 82 undergraduate students at the University of North Texas completed self- Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. Neuropsychological assessment. 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. A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, 329. Psychological mechanism of acceptance and commitment therapy and rational emotive behavior therapy for treating hoarding: Evidence from randomized controlled trials. Monests, J. L., & Baeyens, C. (2016). Bonanno, G. A., Papa, A., Lalande, K., Westphal, M., & Coifman, K. (2004). Trends in Psychol. Dionne, F., Ng, T.-L., & Blais, M.-C. (2013). The authors declare no competing interests. 2022 Oct;26:201-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.10.001. Fredrickson B. L. (2004). A New Tool for Measuring a Child's Psychological Flexibility, 24-item self-report measure that is completed by the child, Can be done independently or with adult support, Visual Scale is included to support child responding, Any child participating in the AIM curriculum should be able to complete this measure, 24-itemmeasure that is completed by an adult familiar with the child. Demographic Associations with Psychological Flexibility (CompACT). Article Validating measures of psychological flexibility in a population with acquired brain injury. The case for the development and use of ecologically valid measures of executive function in experimental and clinical neuropsychology. Experiential avoidance: An examination of the construct validity of the AAQ-II and MEAQ. 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. (2010). Waldeck, D., Pancani, L., Holliman, A., Karekla, M., & Tyndall, I. Id suggest starting with the The ACT Advisor or the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire to assess your general psychological flexibility. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00705.x. Bohil, C. J., Alicea, B., & Biocca, F. A. Bitbol, M., & Petitmengin, C. (2013). Coping and experiential avoidance: Unique or overlapping constructs? 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. The Q-sort method in personality assessment and psychiatric research. (Eds.). official website and that any information you provide is encrypted (PDF, 102.12 KB). 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. Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. ), Handbook of implicit cognition and addiction (p. 1128). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. The roles of cognitive flexibility and experiential avoidance in explaining psychological distress in survivors of interpersonal victimization. Palm, K. M., & Follette, V. M. (2011). 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. Children's Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire.pdf CPFQ Calculator Template.xltx Children's Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire-Caregiver Report.pdf As you practice the many tools and techniques presented in A Liberated Mind, you might notice your psychological flexibility starting to improve. Shic, F. (2016). Careers. Convergent validity was confirmed by the findings of a positive correlation between the PFQ and three other related questionnaires. Epub 2014 Nov 24. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 37(9 Pt B), 22332242. Recent meta-analyses investigating the relationship between personality and job performance have found that openness to experience is the least predictive of the Big Five factors. 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. Recent meta-analyses investigating the relationship between personality and job performance have found that openness to experience is the least predictive of the Big Five factors. Reliability and validity of two self-report measure of cognitive flexibility. A growing body of research demonstrates that psychological flexibility leads to psychological benefits and adaptive behavior change. The PubMed wordmark and PubMed logo are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (1961). A pilot study on the effects of heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with depression and in healthy subjects. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-009-0333-7. 2014 Jan;3(1):21-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2013.11.003. Burgess, P. W., Alderman, N., Forbes, C., Costello, A., Coates, L. M., Dawson, D. R., & Channon, S. (2006). However, it does not enable a more specific inspection of the underlying processes that compose Eye tracking as a behavioral biomarker for psychiatric conditions: The road ahead. Yao X, Xu X, Chan KL, Chen S, Assink M, Gao S. J Affect Disord. Virtual reality measures in neuropsychological assessment: A meta-analytic review. An editable Microsoft PowerPoint version of the resource. Cognitive control and flexibility in the context of stress and depressive symptoms: The cognitive control and flexibility questionnaire. Poor cognitive flexibility in eating disorders: Examining the evidence using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task. Kairos. The .gov means its official. Reitan, R. M. (1958). Clinical Psychology Review, 101973. The cognitive flexibility inventory: Instrument development and estimates of reliability and validity. Kashdan TB, Disabato DJ, Goodman FR, Doorley JD, McKnight PE. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2012.710369. On the other hand, it includes the ability to act in accordance with personal values. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.002. Take a few moments to think about it. 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. Kashdan and Rottenberg (2010) define psychological flexibility as the ability to . PDF The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-2) - Steven C. Hayes Martin, M. M., & Rubin, R. B. To do so, we propose a presentation of the notions, as well as perspectives to improve actual assessment, especially in its ecological aspects. Cattell, R. B. ]m`RwOQczHZ#"u[[*M)IP'k)uvSg6zB@jBK=&A-G=Vvy]@zAXLZ+#6+a|HdrD. PMC Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27(2), 263299. Defining and measuring "psychological flexibility": A - PubMed Definitional similarities among prominent flexibility constructs emerged, namely handling distress or interference, taking action, and meeting goals or values. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20400. Given the role of psychological flexibility, researchers have been, Journal of educational evaluation for health professions. Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce back from negative emotional experiences. Monests, J. L., Villatte, M., Mouras, H., Loas, G., & Bond, F. W. (2009). The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the Gaze and eye-tracking solutions for psychological research. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0120883. government site. Avsec A, Eisenbeck N, Carreno DF, Kocjan GZ, Kavi T. J Contextual Behav Sci. Two hexaflexes are presented, one with 'core problems' (top) and the other with 'core processes' (below). New Ideas in Psychology, 30, 190200. Experiential avoidance as a functional contextual concept AM Kring DM Sloan Eds Emotion regulation and psychopathology: A transdiagnostic approach to etiology and treatment. Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological flexibility This preliminary non-cognitive assessment survey will be able to play a valuable role in DPT admissions decisions following further examination and refinement. Hollenstein, T., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Potworowski, G. (2013). Reliability was demonstrated by a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.918. (2010). Exploring the relationship between cognitive flexibility and psychological flexibility after acquired brain injury. There are cognitive tasks and self-report questionnaires for this, Its main features include: Brevity (6 items) Context sensitivity Treatment sensitivity Excellent validity Simple language Numerous translations Cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. We specifically wanted to create the first scale to comprehensively assess the 6 key dimensions of flexibility and 6 key dimensions of inflexibility from the Hexaflex model. European Review of Applied Psychology, 59(4), 301308. Psychological Flexibility - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics This article reports the development of a communication flexibility scale and corresponding, Abstract Two studies examine the psychometric properties and socio-demographic correlates of the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSE) (Jerusalem and Schwarzer, 1986; Schwarzer, 1993). 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 Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Psychiatry, 75(8), 660670. 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. (2014) Behavioral flexibility: Attentional shifting, rule switching, and response reversal. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: JINS, 10(4), 513. Psychological flexibility is a key process in mental health, both in a psychopathological approach and from a quality of life and well-being perspective. 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). Before same purpose. Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study. Schlagenhauf, F., Huys, Q. J., Deserno, L., Rapp, M. A., Beck, A., Heinze, H. J., Dolan, R., & Heinz, A. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e87445. Where appropriate, case examples and annotations are also included. Epub 2022 Sep 28. Cognitive flexibility refers to a person's awareness of communication alternatives, willingness to adapt to the, The purpose of this research was to reassess the validity and increase the variance accounted for by the Communicative Adaptability Scale (CAS). International Journal of Psychophysiology, 131, 8995. TLDR. Therefore, appropriate measurement methods should, ideally, be able to capture it in clinical and non-clinical samples. Article Gloster, A. T., Meyer, A. H., & Lieb, R. (2017). Which outcome variables are associated with psychological inflexibility/flexibility for chronic pain patients? 4 0 obj 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. Series B: Biological Sciences, 353(1377), 19151927. Defining and measuring psychological flexibility: A narrative scoping review of diverse flexibility and rigidity constructs and perspectives. Problems with the current use of the AAQ-II were apparent, hindering current knowledge of PF. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 3847. Embracing complex models: Exploratory network analyses of psychological (In) Flexibility processes and unique associations with psychiatric symptomology and quality of life. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. eCollection 2023. points. What is normal? The ACT matrix: A new approach to building psychological flexibility across settings and populations. Accessibility A growing body of research demonstrates that psychological flexibility leads to psychological benefits and adaptive behavior change. Assessment, 25, 458482. Abstract The Parental Acceptance Questionnaire assesses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy outcomes. Stange, J. P., Hamilton, J. L., Shepard, R., Wu, J., Fresco, D. M., & Alloy, L. B. Psychological flexibility (PF) is a popular construct in clinical psychology. (2020). Lapproche transdiagnostique en psychopathologie. measure of executive functions, but one can argue that it matches the Anodal tDCS over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex modulates cognitive processing of emotional information as a function of trait rumination in healthy volunteers. Inflexibility as a vulnerability to depression: A systematic qualitative review. Findings (after. Tchanturia, K., Davies, H., Roberts, M., Harrison, A., Nakazato, M., Schmidt, U., Treasure, J., & Morris, R. (2012). Negut, A., Matu, S.-A., Sava, F. A., & David, D. (2016). Google Scholar. of the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PFQ) and evaluates its reliability and validity. The value of psychological flexibility: Examining psychological mechanisms underpinning a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for burnout. Article Eating Behaviors, 23, 150155. (2020). Malo, R., Acier, D. & Bulteau, S. Psychological Flexibility: Toward a Better Understanding of a Key Concept. (2022). ACT teaches mindfulness skills to help individuals contact the present moment, Attachment to the conceptualized self describes how we can see ourself as our thoughts. Luoma, J., Drake, C. E., Kohlenberg, B. S., & Hayes, S. C. (2010). The second study refined this measure and tested the relationships between parental psychological flexibility, parent and adolescent outcomes. Whiting DL, Deane FP, Ciarrochi J, McLeod HJ, Simpson GK. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13(2), 7482. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 17, 109118. After you choose the goal, please write it in the following blankPPFI. The main measure of PF - the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II; Bond et al., 2011) - has also been heavily criticized. % The development and initial evaluation of the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire -Accessible (PFQ-Ax) Conference: UK and Republic of Ireland ACT and Contextual Behavioural Science 4th. (2013). Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological flexibility (Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2021). FOIA Are you a qualified therapist who would like to help with our translation project? de Boer, M. J., Steinhagen, H. E., Versteegen, G. J., Struys, M. M., & Sanderman, R. (2014). PDF Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire - Steven C. Hayes Gloster AT, Block VJ, Klotsche J, et al. Psychological Reports, 76(2), 623626. 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. Farkas, D., & Orosz, G. (2015). Rigidity of behavior: A variational approach to the effect of Einstellung. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.002. PSN, 14(3), 3142. Psychol Assess. The role of psychological inflexibility and mindfulness in somatization, depression, and anxiety among Asian Americans in the United States. Chawla, N., & Ostafin, B. PDF Relationships among self-esteem, psychological and cognitive Lewin, K. (1951). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120883. Dajani, D. R., & Uddin, L. Q. Psychological flexibility in older adulthood: a scoping review. This series of studies operationalized the concept of rhetorical sensitivity first discussed by Hart and Burks in 1972. (Martin & Rubin, 1995), or the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (Ben-Itzhak et al., 2014), the question of ecology, and the intersection of these measures, may lack convergence, although claiming to measure "psychological exibility" or some aspect of it (Burgess et al., 2006; Whiting et al., 2014, 2015a, 2015b). Developing Psychological Flexibilityis a client information handout which can be used to familiarize clients with the ACT model. (2013). The evolution of inhibition mechanisms and their role in human cognition and behavior. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42(2), 163170. Clinical Psychology Review, 30(7), 865878. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 98(2), 338350. All rights reserved, Experiential avoidance where events, thoughts, and feelings are avoided. )KL%_=F#X,VrtOKc/s]e^[oX$vMB8N\$c.\/hmq0FGGHtw\TrwV::Z{z6 kk(Q205wg_tqLc 0t3)b%Q/ J,* VdDy)DoA,K! To this end, recommendations and next steps for researchers and practitioners are outlined. interventions (A-Tjak et al. first aimed to address a gap in the measurement of the parental psychological flexibility construct by developing a questionnaire applicable for a general parenting context. Research domain criteria: Cognitive systems, neural circuits, and dimensions of behavior. Literature review. The role of rumination in depressive disorders and mixed anxiety/depressive symptoms. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 2015 Jun;27(2):415-23. doi: 10.1037/pas0000050. Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episodes. Berg, E. A. The AIM Curriculum includes two measures of adaptive, flexible behavior: Childrens Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire.pdf, Childrens Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire-Caregiver Report.pdf. 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. Aging Ment Health. (PDF) The Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI) Psychological Assessment, 32(9), 829. Schultz, P., & Searleman, A. stream The core processes hexaflex can be used to teach clients key skills or to guide their integration of these skills into their lives. The CFS is in the original paper not listed as a Flexibly and/or inflexibly embracing life: Identifying fundamental approaches to life with latent profile analyses on the dimensions of the Hexaflex model. Therefore, this study's objectives were to examine the relationships between psychological . Wolgast, M. (2014). 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