Torres-Fernández Gloria, Rodríguez-Valverde Miguel, Reyes-Martín Salvador, Hernández-Lopez Mónica
Department of Psychology, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Jun 22;12(7):201. doi: 10.3390/bs12070201.
The prevalence of mental health problems during childhood and adolescence is on the rise. There is a growing interest in the examination of personal variables that may function as risk factors and that may be targeted for effective intervention. This study explores the relationships amongst different aspects of psychological inflexibility (one, typically studied, focusing on the individual's responding to unwanted emotions and cognitions, and another, more recently explored, focusing on the individual's responding to desired thoughts and affective states), emotional intelligence, and mental health symptoms. A total of 129 school-going children (mean age: 11.16 years old) completed a battery of instruments comprising the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire-Youth (AFQ-Y17), the Experiential Approach Scale (EAS), the Emotional Intelligence Quotient Inventory (EQi-YV), and the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-30). Results showed that both the AFQ-Y17 score and an EAS subscale score (Anxious Clinging) were significant independent predictors of mental health symptoms in general. Emotional intelligence was predictive only for depression, and both the AFQ-Y17 and the Anxious Clinging EAS subscale significantly incremented the predictive power of a hierarchical linear regression model including all three variables. These results underscore the relevance of psychological inflexibility for child/adolescent mental health, and the need to further explore a specific aspect of inflexibility regarding positive emotions and other appetitive private events.
儿童和青少年时期心理健康问题的患病率正在上升。人们越来越关注对可能作为风险因素且可作为有效干预目标的个人变量的研究。本研究探讨了心理灵活性的不同方面（一方面，通常所研究的是关注个体对不良情绪和认知的反应，另一方面，最近探讨的是关注个体对期望的想法和情感状态的反应）、情商和心理健康症状之间的关系。共有129名在校儿童（平均年龄：11.16岁）完成了一系列测评工具，包括《回避与融合问卷 - 青少年版》（AFQ - Y17）、《体验式方法量表》（EAS）、《情商量表》（EQi - YV）和《儿童焦虑与抑郁量表修订版》（RCADS - 30）。结果表明，一般而言，AFQ - Y17得分和EAS一个子量表得分（焦虑依恋）都是心理健康症状的显著独立预测因素。情商仅对抑郁有预测作用，并且AFQ - Y17和焦虑依恋EAS子量表均显著提高了包含所有这三个变量的分层线性回归模型的预测能力。这些结果强调了心理灵活性与儿童/青少年心理健康的相关性，以及进一步探索心理灵活性在积极情绪和其他良性内心事件方面的一个特定方面的必要性。
