Contextual similarities in psychological flexibility: the Brazil-Portugal transcultural adaptation of Psy-Flex
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Psychological Flexibility is an essential concept in Contextual Behavioural Sciences. The development of instruments is vital for its study, and it is an opportunity to reflect on this concept. Among the measures of this construct, Psy-Flex shows promise due to comprehensiveness in assessing the six facets of psychological flexibility and its pragmatic value. In the present study, we sought to translate Psy-Flex to Portuguese and adapt it transculturally for use in Portugal and Brazil. The translation was done independently by Brazilian and Portuguese researchers, and a consensus procedure was done to identify a synthesis. A total of 873 adults from Portugal and Brazil were involved in this study. The participants completed several questionnaires with ACT-related measures (e.g., cognitive fusion, mindful attention) and instruments measuring conceptually related variables (e.g., positive mental health). The results show good psychometric properties of PsyFlex. The one-factor structure of the original instrument was confirmed in both the Portuguese and Brazilian samples. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good fit of the model to the data (CFI = 0.985, RMSEA = 0.055) of both countries. Furthermore, the Psy-Flex showed convergent validity with related measures in a conceptually expected way. As a transcultural instrument, we argue that both the similarities and differences across samples suggest the broad human nature of psychological flexibility while retaining its context sensitivity.
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- Authors
- Neto, D. D., Mouadeb, D., Lemos, N., da Silva, A. N., Gloster, A. T., & Perez, W. F.
- Affiliations
- ISPA - Instituto Universitário (PT)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- University of Lucerne (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Neto, David D.
- Venue
- Current Psychology
- Published
- 2024-06-26
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 31
- Pages
- 25595-25603
- ISSN
- 1046-1310 (ISSN-L)
- 1936-4733
- OpenAlex
- W4400051692
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1
- FWCI
- 2.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Current Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- ISPA – Instituto Universitário
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- psychological flexibility, cross-cultural adaptation, cross-cultural translation, cognitive fusion, mindful attention, positive mental health, psychometric properties, factor structure, Brazil, Portugal
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