The Persian Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index (P-PPFI): Psychometric properties in a general population sample of Iranians

Akbari, Mehdi; Disabato, David J.; Seydavi, Mohammad; Zamani, Elahe

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.09.004

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“…This scale has also been found to have good standard validity and initial convergence (Simmons & Gaher, 2005 ). The Persian version (Akbari et al 2021b ) has demonstrated sound psychometric properties with Chronbach's alpha of 0.89, and in the current study, it is for the whole scale was 0.80.…”

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Metacognitions About Health in Relation to Coronavirus Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Attentional Syndrome and Distress Tolerance

Mohammadkhani

Akbari

Shahbahrami

et al. 2022

J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther

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The current study aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive attentional syndrome (CAS) and distress tolerance in the relationship between health-related metacognitions and coronavirus anxiety. The sample of this study consisted of 462 participants (381 female). Participants voluntarily completed self-report questionnaires on each of the variables mentioned above. The results of the structural modeling analysis showed that health-related metacognitions have a significant effect on the mediator variable of distress tolerance and CAS. Also, health-related metacognitions had a direct effect on coronavirus anxiety. Also, based on the results of the bootstrap test, it can be argued that health-related metacognitive beliefs, apart from their direct effect, play an important role in coronavirus anxiety, with CAS acting as a mediator. This study provides insights into the relationships among metacognitive beliefs, coronavirus anxiety, CAS, and distress tolerance. In particular, dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs, including an individual's beliefs about the uncontrollability of disease-related thoughts, are risk factors that could negatively affect mental health, leading to coronavirus anxiety. In addition, the association of dysfunctional beliefs with maladaptive behaviors resulting from the cognitive attentional syndrome is also involved in predicting and causing coronavirus anxiety. Given the insignificant role of emotional distress tolerance in the psychopathology of COVID-19 anxiety, the findings emphasize the importance of cognitive factors in this context.

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Metacognitions About Health in Relation to Coronavirus Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Attentional Syndrome and Distress Tolerance

Mohammadkhani

Akbari

Shahbahrami

et al. 2022

J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther

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“…However, given the partial support for metric and scalar invariance (caused by item 9), therefore, in comparing males and females on the Greek C‐19ASS, it is wise to interpret the mean scores of the perseveration subscale with prudence. Regarding interpreting this discrepancy, and given the guidelines on measurement invariance (Putnick & Bornstein, 2016; for an example please see Akbari, Disabato, et al, 2021), the higher intercept of item 9 among females suggests that they are more concerned about what would happen to the family if one of its members was infected or even died. These escalating intercepts are unrelated to increased levels of the corresponding latent concept across gender.…”

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“…Akbari, Disabato, et al, 2021), the higher intercept of item 9 among T A B L E 6 Hierarchical regression statistics predicting coronavirus anxiety scale (CAS) scores: Incremental validity of the Greek C-19ASS. suggests that they are more concerned about what would happen to the family if one of its members was infected or even died.…”

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An assessment of the psychometric properties and psychological correlates of the Greek COVID‐19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale (C‐19ASS)

Seydavi,

Troulli,

Akbari

et al. 2023

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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In Greece, the COVID‐19 pandemic was associated with social isolation, economic crisis, considerable unemployment, and an escalation of psychological distress. Given the potential of COVID‐19 to engender a long‐lasting impact on mental health, validating the COVID‐19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale (C‐19ASS) may be beneficial in determining if fear‐based behaviors may persist post‐pandemic. This is a psychometric study examining the C‐19ASS features across a general sample of Greeks (n = 912; female = 78%; mean age = 32.35, ±9.25). The Greek C‐19ASS demonstrated a two‐factor structure consistent with the original scale's perseveration and avoidance subscales. This structure was supported by confirmatory factor analysis, which demonstrated a strong fit and robust reliability along with good divergent and convergent validity evidenced by correlational analyses. The incremental validity test revealed that the Greek C‐19ASS predicted functional impairment and COVID‐19 anxiety independently of health anxiety, generalized anxiety, and depressive symptoms, the Big Five personality traits, pandemic‐related factors, and demographic variables. The findings were discussed using a self‐regulatory executive function model as a theoretical background to discuss this pandemic‐related phenomenon.

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“…The reliability (Cronbach's alphas = 0.77 to 0.84), test–retest reliability (over 4 and 6 months), incremental validity, and construct validity, all have confirmed for the PPFI subscales among three samples (college students, general population, and working professionals; Kashdan et al, 2020 ). The Persian version has demonstrated excellent psychometric properties, including internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas = 0.79 to 0.81), construct validity, and divergent validity, incremental variance (Akbari, Disabato, et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…According to the findings by Bhambhani et al ( 2020 ) psychological flexibility mediated the relation between experiencing sexual racism and depression, anxiety, and stress (i.e., psychological distress) after controlling for demographic characteristics. More recent studies by Kashdan et al ( 2020 ) and Akbari, Disabato, et al ( 2021 ) found a negative association between personalized psychological flexibility and distress intolerance. One candidate mediator in our belief is personalized psychological flexibility.…”

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The mediating role of personalized psychological flexibility in the association between distress intolerance and psychological distress: A national survey during the fourth waves of COVID‐19 pandemic in Iran

Akbari

Seydavi

Zamani

2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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The global COVID‐19 outbreak has put the human race's distress tolerance abilities to the test. And, the distress experienced getting worse with each pandemic wave; however, the more flexible the person, the greater the chance of surviving. Thus, the current study aimed to examine the mediating role of personalized psychological flexibility (PPF) in the link between distress intolerance to psychological distress during the fourth wave of the pandemic in Iran. A total of 576 individuals (Mean age 34.80, ±10.9, females 55.6%) took part in the online survey. In this national sample, PPF partially played a role in mediating the association mentioned above. Interestingly, this mediation was independent of demographic factors (age, gender, marital status, and educational level) and fear of COVID‐19, mindfulness, and satisfaction with life. So, despite the mentioned variables, accepting and using unpleasant emotions as fuel to achieve valued goals rather than avoiding them would mitigate the psychological distress during the pandemic. Consequently, public health services can aim to provide psychological flexibility enhancing interventions to decay COVID‐19‐related mental distress.

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The Persian Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index (P-PPFI): Psychometric properties in a general population sample of Iranians

Cited by 14 publications

References 83 publications

Metacognitions About Health in Relation to Coronavirus Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Attentional Syndrome and Distress Tolerance

Metacognitions About Health in Relation to Coronavirus Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Attentional Syndrome and Distress Tolerance

An assessment of the psychometric properties and psychological correlates of the Greek COVID‐19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale (C‐19ASS)

The mediating role of personalized psychological flexibility in the association between distress intolerance and psychological distress: A national survey during the fourth waves of COVID‐19 pandemic in Iran

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