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Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II

(AAQ-II)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts José Augusto da Veiga Pinto de Gouveia Alexandra Margarida Borges Dinis Ana Maria de Jesus Xavier Sónia Isabel Martins Gregório

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Questionário de Aceitação e Acção - II

ORIGINAL VERSION

Bond, F. W., Hayes, S. C., Baer, R. A., Carpenter, K. M., Guenole, N., Orcutt, H. K., Waltz, T., & Zettle, R. D. (2011)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Pinto-Gouveia, J., Gregório, S., Dinis, A., & Xavier, A. (2012)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The AAQ was developed as a measure to assess experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility and it has a single-factor structure. The scale consists of 7-items which statements should be rated on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never true) to 7 (always true). This scale reflects the single domain of psychological inflexibility with higher scores indicating greater psychological inflexibility, or experiential avoidance. The Portuguese version of AAQ-II also showed a one-factor structure composed by seven items, a good level of internal consistency and good convergent and discriminant validities between clinical and nonclinical samples.

REFERENCES

  • Bond, F. W., Hayes, S. C., Baer, R. A., Carpenter, K. M., Guenole, N., Orcutt, H. K., Waltz, T., & Zettle, R. D. (2011). Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II: A revised measure of psychological flexibility and experiential avoidance. Behavior Therapy, 42, 676-688.

  • Pinto-Gouveia, J., Gregório, S., Dinis, A., & Xavier, A. (2012). Experiential avoidance in clinical and non-clinical samples: AAQ-II Portuguese Version. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 12(2), 139-156.

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