Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II: Measurement invariance and associations with distress tolerance among an ethnically diverse university sample

Virmarie Correa-Fernández; Morgan M. McNeel; J. Robert Sandoval; Niloofar Tavakoli; Josee K. Kahambwe; Hanjoe Kim

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.04.002

Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II: Measurement invariance and associations with distress tolerance among an ethnically diverse university sample

Virmarie Correa-Fernández, Morgan M. McNeel, J. Robert Sandoval, Niloofar Tavakoli, Josee K. Kahambwe, Hanjoe Kim

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The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) is a self-report measure proposed to assess psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance. Empirical evidence for the measurement invariance of the scale across ethnically diverse populations as well as associations with the theoretically relevant construct of distress tolerance are scarce. This study examined factorial invariance of the AAQ-II across sex and racial/ethnic groups of university students (N = 538). It also examined the relationships between psychological inflexibility/experiential avoidance and distress tolerance, as measured by the AAQ-II and the Distress Tolerance Scale, respectively. The AAQ-II demonstrated strong factorial invariance across sex and race/ethnicity, and it displayed significant associations with distress tolerance. Findings support the unidimensional nature of AAQ-II and suggest that this self-report instrument functions equivalently across subgroups based on sex and race/ethnicity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.04.002
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jul

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Work on this manuscript was supported by an American Cancer Society's Mentored Research Scholar Grant ( MRSG-15-018-01-CPPB to Dr. Virmarie Correa-Fernández). The content of this paper is solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of the American Cancer Society.

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