title: Measuring experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility: The Spanish version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility have been recently found to be important constructs related to a wide range of psychological disorders and quality of life. The current study presents psychometric and factor structure data concerning the Spanish translation of a general measure of both constructs: the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II (AAQ-II).
  
  
  METHODS
  Six samples, with a total of 712 participants, from several independent studies were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data were very similar to the ones obtained in the original AAQ-II version. The internal consistency across the different samples was good (between a= .75 and a= .93). The differences between clinical and nonclinical samples were statistically significant and the overall factor analysis yielded to a one-factor solution. The AAQ-II scores were significantly related to general psychopathology and quality of life measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This Spanish translation of the AAQ-II emerges as a reliable and valid measure of experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility.
authors: Universidad de Almería, Spain. frj939@ual.es
authors: Francisco J
authors: FJ
authors: Ruiz
authors: Alvaro I
authors: AI
authors: Langer Herrera
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Luciano
authors: Adlolfo J
authors: AJ
authors: Cangas
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Beltrán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult