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JOURNAL OF CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages 13-23Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.09.001
Keywords
Psychological flexibility; Clinical; Non-clinical; Context; Psychometric; Validity
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- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [PP00P1_163716/1, PP00P1_190082/1]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [PP00P1_190082] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The study developed a context-sensitive self-report questionnaire called Psy-Flex to measure psychological flexibility in different populations. Psy-Flex differentiates clinical and non-clinical samples and predicts unique variance in well-being.
Psychological flexibility is increasingly studied in various contexts including clinical studies. The construct has been hypothesized to be a major determinant of mental health. Existing measures lack context-sensitivity (e.g, implicitly measuring it as a trait) and/or reference to a limited time frame. We developed a short self-report measure that covers all facets of the construct and is context-sensitive. Data was collected from four separate samples (n = 744), including a community (n = 346), non-clinical (n = 188), and two clinical (n = 163 in-and outpatients and n = 47 inpatients) samples from a psychiatric hospital. Confirmatory Factor Analysis confirmed a one-factor structure with excellent reliability (Raykov's r = 0.91). Correlations with related (such as other measures of psychological flexibility and symptomatology) and unrelated constructs (such as age and sex) were all consistent with predictions. The Psy-Flex differentiated clinical and non-clinical samples and predicted unique variance in well-being. The Psy-Flex is an easily administrable questionnaire, useful in research and clinical settings. Its context-sensitive nature makes it applicable to repeated administrations aimed at capturing change.
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