PMID- 25419644
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161214
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1939-134X (Electronic)
IS  - 1040-3590 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 Jun
TI  - Validating measures of psychological flexibility in a population with acquired 
      brain injury.
PG  - 415-23
LID - 10.1037/pas0000050 [doi]
AB  - This study presents preliminary validation data on both the Acceptance and Action 
      Questionnaire-Acquired Brain Injury (AAQ-ABI) and the Acceptance and Action 
      Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II). Data from 150 participants with ABI was subject to 
      exploratory factor analysis on the AAQ-ABI (15 items). A subset of 75 
      participants with ABI completed a larger battery of measures to test construct 
      validity for the AAQ-ABI and to undertake a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on 
      the AAQ-II (7 items). Three meaningful factors were identified on the AAQ-ABI: 
      Reactive Avoidance, Denial, and Active Acceptance. Reactive Avoidance 
      demonstrated good internal and test-retest consistency (alpha = .89) and correlated 
      in expected directions with other related measures including the AAQ-II. CFA of 
      the AAQ-II did not provide a good fit but did have similar correlations with 
      measures of psychological distress as found in prior non-ABI samples. The results 
      suggest both measures can be used with individuals following an ABI but they 
      index different facets of psychological flexibility. The AAQ-ABI appears to 
      measure psychological flexibility about the thoughts and feelings relating to the 
      brain injury itself while the AAQ-II measures psychological flexibility around 
      general psychological distress. Future research could explore the additional 2 
      factors of the AAQ-ABI and use these measures in outcome studies that promote 
      psychological flexibility in individuals with an ABI.
CI  - (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).
FAU - Whiting, Diane L
AU  - Whiting DL
AD  - Liverpool Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit.
FAU - Deane, Frank P
AU  - Deane FP
AD  - School of Psychology, University of Wollongong.
FAU - Ciarrochi, Joseph
AU  - Ciarrochi J
AD  - Institute of Positive Psychology & Education, Australian Catholic University.
FAU - McLeod, Hamish J
AU  - McLeod HJ
AD  - Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow.
FAU - Simpson, Grahame K
AU  - Simpson GK
AD  - Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20141124
PL  - United States
TA  - Psychol Assess
JT  - Psychological assessment
JID - 8915253
SB  - IM
MH  - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
MH  - *Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Brain Damage, Chronic/diagnosis/*psychology
MH  - Brain Injuries, Traumatic/diagnosis/*psychology
MH  - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/pathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychometrics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2014/11/25 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2014/11/25 06:00
PHST- 2014/11/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/11/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 2014-49431-001 [pii]
AID - 10.1037/pas0000050 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychol Assess. 2015 Jun;27(2):415-23. doi: 10.1037/pas0000050. Epub 2014 Nov 24.