Psychological flexibility and cognitive-affective processes in young adults’ daily lives
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Westhoff, Marlon, Heshmati, Saida, Siepe, Björn, Vogelbacher, Christoph, Ciarrochi, Joseph, Hayes, Steven and Hofmann, Stefan. (2024). Psychological flexibility and cognitive-affective processes in young adults’ daily lives. Scientific Reports. 14(1), pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58598-3
Authors | Westhoff, Marlon, Heshmati, Saida, Siepe, Björn, Vogelbacher, Christoph, Ciarrochi, Joseph, Hayes, Steven and Hofmann, Stefan |
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Abstract | Psychological flexibility plays a crucial role in how young adults adapt to their evolving cognitive and emotional landscapes. Our study investigated a core aspect of psychological flexibility in young adults: adaptive variability and maladaptive rigidity in the capacity for behavior change. We examined the interplay of these elements with cognitive-affective processes within a dynamic network, uncovering their manifestation in everyday life. Through an Ecological Momentary Assessment design, we collected intensive longitudinal data over 3 weeks from 114 young adults ages 19 to 32. Using a dynamic network approach, we assessed the temporal dynamics and individual variability in flexibility in relation to cognitive-affective processes in this sample. Rigidity exhibited the strongest directed association with other variables in the temporal network as well as highest strength centrality, demonstrating particularly strong associations to other variables in the contemporaneous network. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that rigidity in young adults is associated with negative affect and cognitions at the same time point and the immediate future. |
Keywords | psychology ; behaviour; adaptive variability; maladaptive rigidity; cognitive-affective processes; Ecological Momentary Assessment; young adults |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Journal citation | 14 (1), pp. 1-12 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58598-3 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-58598-3 |
Open access | Open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-12 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 08 Apr 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 01 Apr 2024 |
Deposited | 30 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | For supplementary material see: |
© The Author(s) 2024 | |
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or | |
Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
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