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Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI)

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Tabrizi, Fara F., Larsson, Andreas B., Grönvall, Hampus, Söderstrand, Lux, Hallén, Ellen, Champoux-Larsson, Marie-France, Lundgren, Tobias, Sundström, Felicia +6 more·2023·Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Abstract

Psychiatric disorders are common, and reliable measures are crucial for research and clinical practice. A cross-diagnostic construct that can be used to index treatment outcomes as well as prevalence of psychological ill health is psychological flexibility. The aim of this study was to validate a Swedish version of the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI). The MPFI has 12 subscales, six of which measure flexibility, and six that measure inflexibility. Using confirmatory factor analysis in a community sample of 670 participants, we found that a model with two higher order factors had satisfactory fit (CFI = .933) and a 12-factor model had the best fit to the data (CFI = .955). All 12 subscales showed adequate reliability (CRs = .803-.933) and the factor structure was similar across age groups and gender. Findings suggest that the Swedish version of the MPFI is a reliable instrument that can be used to index psychological flexibility. Potential areas for improvement of the instrument are discussed.

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Tabrizi, F. F., Larsson, A. B., Grönvall, H., Söderstrand, L., Hallén, E., Champoux-Larsson, M.-F., Lundgren, T., Sundström, F., Lavefjord, A., Buhrman, M., Sundin, Ö., McCracken, L., Åhs, F., & Jansson, B.
Affiliations
  • Mid Sweden University (SE)
  • Department of Psychology & Social Work, Mittuniversitetet, Östersund, Sweden
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Uppsala University (SE)
Corresponding author
Tabrizi, Fara F.
Venue
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Published
2022-12-23
Volume
52
Issue
4
Pages
295-316
ISSN
  • 1650-6073 (ISSN-L)
  • 1651-2316
OpenAlex
W4312114736
Cited by
18
References
67
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2
FWCI
2.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Uppsala University Publications (Uppsala University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
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 › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
psychological flexibility, inflexibility, psychometric validation, Swedish adaptation, factor structure, reliability statistics, higher-order factors, age and gender differences
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Humans, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sweden, Reproducibility of Results

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