Department of Psychology, George Mason University.
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida.
Psychol Assess. 2020 Sep;32(9):829-850. doi: 10.1037/pas0000834. Epub 2020 Jul 2.
Psychological flexibility (PF), defined as the ability to pursue valued life aims despite the presence of distress, is a fundamental contributor to health (Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010). Existing measures of PF have failed to consider the valued goals that give context for why people are willing to manage distress. Using 4 independent samples and 3 follow-up samples, we examined the role of PF in well-being, emotional experience and regulation, resilience, goal pursuit, and daily functioning. We describe the development and psychometric properties of the Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index (PPFI), which captures tendencies to avoid, accept, and harness discomfort during valued goal pursuit. Correlational, laboratory, and experience-sampling methods show that the PPFI measures a trait-like individual difference dimension that is related to a variety of well-being and healthy personality constructs. Unlike existing measures of PF, the PPFI was shown to be distinct from negative emotionality. Beyond trait measures, the PPFI is associated with effective daily goals and life strivings pursuit and adaptive emotional and regulatory responses to stressful life events. By adopting our measurement index, PF may be better integrated into mainstream theory and research on adaptive human functioning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
心理灵活性（PF）是指人们能够在痛苦存在的情况下追求有价值的生活目标的能力，是健康的基本贡献因素（Kashdan 和 Rottenberg，2010）。现有的 PF 衡量标准没有考虑到赋予人们愿意管理痛苦的理由的有价值目标。我们使用 4 个独立样本和 3 个随访样本，研究了 PF 在幸福感、情绪体验和调节、适应力、目标追求和日常功能方面的作用。我们描述了个性化心理灵活性指数（PPFI）的发展和心理测量特性，该指数捕捉了在追求有价值的目标时避免、接受和利用不适的倾向。相关性、实验室和体验抽样方法表明，PPFI 衡量的是一种类似于特质的个体差异维度，与各种幸福感和健康人格结构有关。与现有的 PF 衡量标准不同，PPFI 与消极情绪不同。除了特质衡量标准外，PPFI 还与有效的日常目标和生活追求以及对生活压力事件的适应性情绪和调节反应有关。通过采用我们的测量指标，PF 可能更好地融入到关于人类适应性功能的主流理论和研究中。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。
