The link between stress, well-being, and psychological flexibility during an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy self-help intervention
| Autor: | Roselind Lieb, Patrizia D. Hofer, Andrew T. Gloster, Hanna Wersebe, Andrea H. Meyer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Original article Well-being Stress Acceptance and commitment therapy terapia de aceptación y compromiso Structural equation modeling law.invention bienestar Self-help 03 medical and health sciences Experiment 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences estudio ex post facto Psychological flexibility flexibilidad psicológica estrés 05 social sciences Flexibility (personality) 3. Good health Clinical Psychology Distress Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology : IJCHP |
| ISSN: | 2174-0852 1697-2600 |
| Popis: | Background/objective: Prolonged stress can overwhelm coping resources, leading people to seek mental health care. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an intervention that enhances well-being and reduces distress, assumedly by means of increasing psychological flexibility (PF). We examined the association between a total increase in PF during an intervention and decreases in stress and increases in well-being during and after the intervention. METHOD: The intervention was a randomized controlled trial of an ACT-based self-help intervention. Participants were 91 individuals reporting elevated levels of work-related stress. Measurements were completed at preintervention, postintervention, and 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: Structural equation models revealed that the total increase in PF during the intervention was negatively associated with a decrease in stress (b = -0.63, SE = 0.14, p < .001) and positively associated with an increase in well-being during the intervention (b = 0.48, SE = 0.11, p < .001), but not with a decrease in stress (b = 0.03, SE = 0.27, p > .05) and well-being (b = -0.04, SE = 0.39, p > .05) following the intervention. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides empirical support for decreasing stress and promoting well-being through ACT and emphasizes the potential of PF in promoting well-being. |
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