Muris Peter, Meesters Cor, Herings Anke, Jansen Marieke, Vossen Chris, Kersten Pina
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2017;8(5):1381-1392. doi: 10.1007/s12671-017-0714-1. Epub 2017 Mar 27.
The present study examined psychological and psychopathological correlates of psychological inflexibility as measured by the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y) in two independent samples of nonclinical Dutch adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years (s being 184 and 157). Participants completed a survey containing the AFQ-Y and scales assessing mindfulness, thought suppression, self-compassion, self-worth, self-efficacy, and internalizing/externalizing symptoms. In both samples, the AFQ-Y was found to be a reliable measure of psychological inflexibility that correlated in a theoretically meaningful way with other psychological constructs. Most importantly, AFQ-Y scores correlated positively with internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and in most cases, these associations remained significant when controlling for other measures. These findings suggest that psychological inflexibility is an important factor in youth psychopathology that needs to be further investigated in future research.
本研究在两个独立的非临床荷兰青少年样本（分别为184人和157人）中，考察了通过青少年回避与融合问卷（AFQ-Y）测得的心理灵活性的心理及精神病理学相关因素。这些青少年年龄在12至18岁之间。参与者完成了一项包含AFQ-Y以及评估正念、思维抑制、自我同情、自我价值、自我效能和内化/外化症状量表的调查。在两个样本中，AFQ-Y被发现是心理灵活性的可靠测量指标，且与其他心理结构存在理论上有意义的关联。最重要的是，AFQ-Y得分与内化和外化症状呈正相关，并且在大多数情况下，在控制其他测量指标时，这些关联仍然显著。这些发现表明，心理灵活性是青少年精神病理学中的一个重要因素，需要在未来研究中进一步探讨。
