Measuring Experiential Avoidance: A Preliminary Test of a Working Model.
The present study describes the development of a short, general measure of experiential avoidance, based on a specific theoretical approach to this process. A theoretically driven iterative exploratory analysis using structural equation modeling on data from a clinical sample yielded a single factor...
| Published in: | Psychological Record Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 553 - 579 |
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Fall2004
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=507938886&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 507938886 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00332933 PSD jtl: Psychological Record issn: 00332933 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Fall2004 vid: 54 iid: 4 pid: 761 pub: Psychological Record artinfo: ui: 507938886 ppf: 553 ppct: 26 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 4.9MB tig: atl: Measuring Experiential Avoidance: A Preliminary Test of a Working Model. aug: au: Hayes, Steven C. Strosahl, Kirk Wilson, Kelly G. su: Factor analysis Avoidance (Psychology) Test design sug: subj: Factor analysis Avoidance (Psychology) Test design ab: The present study describes the development of a short, general measure of experiential avoidance, based on a specific theoretical approach to this process. A theoretically driven iterative exploratory analysis using structural equation modeling on data from a clinical sample yielded a single factor comprising 9 items. A fully confirmatory factor analysis upheld this same 9-item factor in an independent clinical sample. The operational characteristics of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ) were then examined in 8 additional samples. All totaled, over 2,400 participants were studied. As expected, higher levels of experiential avoidance were associated with higher levels of general psychopathology, depression, anxiety, a variety of specific fears, trauma, and a lower quality of life. The AAQ related to more specific measures of avoidant coping and to self-deceptive positivity, but the relation to psychopathology could not be fully accounted for by these alternative measures. The data provide some initial support for the model of experiential avoidance based on Relational Frame Theory that is incorporated into Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and provides researchers with a preliminary measure for use in population-based studies on experiential avoidance. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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