Examining the relationship between public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance and psychological flexibility
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In relation to Gallego et al.'s (2020) non-clinical sample, John's baseline CompACT BA score was at the 5th percentile, indicating low levels of mindful attention to current actions.
“and low levels of mindful attention to current actions (BA: 5th percentile).”
From Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for post-stroke adjustment difficulties via telerehabilitation in a working-age man (2023) · cites this paper as Gallego et al., 2020
In relation to Gallego et al.'s (2020) non-clinical sample, John's baseline CompACT OE score was at the 4th percentile, indicating low willingness to experience internal events without attempting to avoid or control them.
“in relation to Gallego et al . ' s (2020) non-clinical sample, John ' s baseline scores showed low willingness to experience internal events without attempting to avoid or control them (OE: 4th percentile)”
From Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for post-stroke adjustment difficulties via telerehabilitation in a working-age man (2023) · cites this paper as Gallego et al., 2020
Changes in different psychological flexibility skills may predict changes in different kinds of distress.
“These results suggest that changes in different psychological flexibility skills may predict changes in different kind of distress, which is congruent with Gallego, McHugh, Villatte, and Lappalainen (2020) and Kinnunen, Puolakanaho, Tolvanen, Mäkikangas, and Lappalainen (2020), who found that different aspects of mindfulness and psychological inflexibility may be related to different psychological”
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- Authors
- Gallego, A., McHugh, L., Villatte, M., & Lappalainen, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Bastyr University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gallego, Ana
- Venue
- Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 16
- Pages
- 128-133
- ISSN
- 2212-1447 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3016314611
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 7.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- erratum (2021-07-01)
- Open access
- green
- urn.fi
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (publishedVersion)
- Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Student Life, University of Jyvaskyla
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Keywords
- public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance, psychological flexibility, openness to experience, cognitive fusion, speech duration, university students, behavioral awareness, valued action
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