Psychological flexibility and ostracism: Experiential avoidance rather than cognitive fusion moderates distress from perceived ostracism over time

Ian Tyndall, Daniel Waldeck, Paulo Riva, Eric Wesselmann, Luca Pancani

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)72-80
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of Contextual Behavioral Science
    Volume7
    Early online date21 Feb 2018
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 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

    • General Psychology

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