Psychological mindedness in relation to personality and coping in a sample of young adult psychiatric patients
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Psychological mindedness (PM) is a relevant but rarely studied construct in clinical psychology. The aim was to examine the relationships among PM, personality, and coping in young adults with psychological difficulties. Sixty-three young women and 32 young men who were admitted for intake at a Dutch mental health institute completed relevant questionnaires. PM showed positive associations with the putatively adaptive personality characteristics of extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness and a negative correlation with neuroticism. In addition, PM was associated with problem-focused coping independently of the effect of personality characteristics. PM seems to be related to adaptive person characteristics in young adults with psychological difficulties. Longitudinal studies are needed to examine the issue of causality.
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Psychological inflexibility may function as a risk factor for mental ill-health.
“Higher AAQ-II scores were also found to be associated with greater levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress, thought suppression and psychological distress, suggesting that psychological inflexibility may function as a risk factor for mental ill-health.”
The BIPM is a 14-item self-report scale assessing psychological mindedness, defined as an individual's interest and ability in two aspects: awareness of one's inner psychological processes (Insight) and positive attitudes about being in touch with these processes (Interest).
“The BIPM is a 14-item self-report scale assessing psychological mindedness which is defined as an individual’s interest and ability in two aspects: awareness of one’s inner psychological processes (Insight) and positive attitudes about being in touch with these processes (Interest) [34,35].”
The AAQ-II showed good internal consistency (.84), test-retest reliability (r = 0.81 in 3 months, and r = 0.79 in 12 months), and construct validity.
“In the original study AAQ-II showed a good level of internal consistency (.84), test–retest reliability (r = 0.81, in 3 months, and r = 0.79, in 12 months), and construct validity [35].”
Higher AAQ-II scores were associated with greater levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress, thought suppression and psychological distress.
“Higher AAQ-II scores were also found to be associated with greater levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress, thought suppression and psychological distress, suggesting that psychological inflexibility may function as a risk factor for mental ill-health.”
Psychological mindedness is the only constant predictor of all three psychopathology-depression, anxiety, and stress.
“The findings that psychological mindedness is the only constant predictor of all three psychopathology—depression, anxiety, and stress—corroborate extant literature [11,35].”
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- Authors
- Nyklíček, I., Poot, J. C., & van Opstal, J.
- Affiliations
- Tilburg University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Nyklíček, Ivan
- ORCID
- Nyklíček, Ivan
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-11-06
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 34-45
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4679
- OpenAlex
- W2127382591
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- psychological mindedness, personality, coping, problem-focused coping, Big Five personality traits, young adults, psychiatric patients, neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Awareness, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Netherlands, Patients, Personality, Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Stress, Psychological, Young Adult
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