Psychometric Properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–II for Chinese College Students and Elite Chinese Athletes

Testing the model of psychological flexibility in the Serbian cultural context: The psychometric properties of the acceptance and action questionnaire

“…The adequate significant correlation with measures of depression, anxiety, stress, general distress, satisfaction with life, as well as with positive and negative affect is consistent with numerous previous findings in Englishspeaking samples (e.g., Fledderus et al, 2012) and nation-specific samples (e.g., Lundgren & Parling, 2016;Zhang et al, 2014). These findings suggest the excellent convergent validity of the scale and also indicate the construct of behavioral avoidance as a diminishing factor of mental health (e.g., Kashdan, Barrios, Forsyth, & Steger, 2006;Kashdan & Breen, 2007).…”

“…As seen in Table 7, all of the correlation coefficients are highly positive with indicators of depression, anxiety, stress, and general distress. This finding is consistent with findings reported in previous cross-cultural validation studies using the same instruments (Chang et al, 2017;Kleszcz et al, 2018;Ruiz et al, 2016;Szabó et al, 2011;Zhang et al, 2014). The lowest correlation coefficients were demonstrated in the Romanian sample (.47, .35, and .31 respectfully;Szabó et al, 2011) and the highest in the Colombian sample (.73, .65, and .86 respectfully;Ruiz et al, 2016).…”

“…This result is consistent with 7 culturally specific studies mentioned above, all demonstrating significant negative correlation ranging from -.21 for the Taiwanese sample (Chang et al, 2017) to -.64 for the Polish sample (Kleszcz et al, 2018). The experiential avoidance score also demonstrated moderate negative correlation with positive affect, and high positive correlation with negative affect, which was demonstrated to an almost identical degree in the Taiwanese sample (-.37 and .66 respectfully;Chang et al, 2017), and also consistent with the Chinese sample (-.15 and .54 respectfully;Zhang et al, 2014). As expected, experiential avoidance was negatively correlated with emotional regulation strategies of tolerating and adjusting to the presence of unpleasant emotions.…”

“…Original findings regarding psychometric properties and structural validity of the instrument were further supported (Fledderus, Oude Voshaar, ten Klooster, & Bohlmeijer, 2012) across various cultural contexts, including Chinese (Zhang, Chung, Si, & Liu, 2014), Colombian (Ruiz et al, 2016), Dutch (Bernaerts, De Groot, & Kleen, 2012), French (Monestès, Villatte, Mouras, Loas, & Bond, 2009), German (Hummel et al, 2009), Greek (Karekla & Michaelides, 2017), Hungarian (Eisenbeck & Szabó-Bartha, 2018), Italian (Pennato, Berrocal, Bernini, & Rivas, 2013), Persian (Abasi, Fti, Molodi, & Zarabi, 2013), Polish (Kleszcz, Dudek, Białaszek, Ostaszewski, & Bond, 2018), Portuguese (Costa, Maroco, Pinto-Gouveia, & Galhardo, 2014), Romanian (Szabó, Vargha, Balázsi, Bartalus, & Bogdan, 2011), Spanish (Ruiz, Langer-Herrera, Luciano, Cangas, & Beltran, 2013), Swedish (Lundgren & Parling, 2016), Taiwanese (Chang, Chi, Shin-Huei, & Yun-Ci, 2017), and Turkish (Meunier et al, 2014), as well as amongst the Hispanic population living in the USA (Flynn, Berkout, & Bordieri, 2016). In most of these contexts, the instrument demonstrated a unidimensional structure as well as excellent psychometric properties.…”

The effects of mindfulness training on beginners' skill acquisition in dart throwing: A randomized controlled trial

“…Experiential acceptance was measured by the Chinese version (Zhang, Chung, Si, & Liu, 2014) of Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II; Bond et al, 2011).…”