Assessing psychological inflexibility: The psychometric properties of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth in two adult samples

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 402-408

  Fergus, Thomas A ^a   Valentiner, David P ^a   Gillen, Michael J ^a   Hiraoka, Regina ^a   Twohig, Michael P ^b   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^c   McGrath, Patrick B ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive fusion; Experiential avoidance; Psychological inflexibility; Psychometric properties; Self report

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESTIONNAIRE II; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX 3; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE AND FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR YOUTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FUSION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIMENSIONAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FACTORIAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL VALIDITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PANIC AND AGORAPHOBIA SCALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLEXIBILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; VALIDITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866940733     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025776     Document Type: Article

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