Abstract
Psychological inflexibility has been found to moderate psychological distress following perceived ostracism. Two component processes of psychological inflexibility, experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion, are considered key in exacerbating general emotional distress. The present study (n = 286) examined whether both experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion moderate distress from perceived ostracism or whether one of these processes alone underpins the moderation effect of psychological inflexibility. In a structural equation model analysis, when accounting for both factors, experiential avoidance moderated distress from perceived ostracism alone. Thus, it seems that experiential avoidance is a key driver underlying emotional regulation of psychological distress in the context of perceived ostracism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 72-80 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science |
| Volume | 7 |
| Early online date | 21 Feb 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 7, (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.02.001© 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywords
- ostracism
- psychological flexibility
- experiential avoidance
- cognitive fusion
- distress
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)