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Validation of the psychometric properties of acceptance and action questionnaire-II in clinical and nonclinical groups of portuguese population
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This study explores the factor structure of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II)
in both clinical and general normative groups. It also examines the factorial invariance of
a one-factor proposed model in both groups. Data was collected from the overall database
of a Portuguese Cognitive and Behavioral Research Center (N= 687, 425 females; mean
age= 36 years; SD= 11.33). Confirmatory Factor Analysis supported a one-factor structure
with good internal consistencies and construct related validity. The one-factor solution
was also supported with a second independent data set, which showed a configural, strict
measurement and structural invariance of the one-factor solution proposed. Multigroup
Confirmatory Factorial Analysis showed the configural invariance, weak measurement
invariance and also structural invariance of the one-factor model of Acceptance and Action
Questionnaire II across both groups under study. The one-factor model have both similar
meanings and the same structure, but the measurement model in clinical and nonclinical
groups was not the same. Toxic influences of experiencial avoidance as a core mechanism
in the development and maintenance of several clinical disorders, may explain why the
AAQ-II does not operate equivalently across clinical and nonclinical groups.
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Experiential avoidance One-factor model Factorial invariance Clinical and nonclinical groups
Contexto Educativo
Citação
International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 14, 353-364
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Asociación de Análisis del Comportamiento