Psychological Flexibility Is Associated with Parental Stress in Relatives of People with Intellectual Disabilities

David Lobato, Francisco Montesinos and Juan M. Flujas-Contreras
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David Lobato: Department of Psychology, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Francisco Montesinos: Department of Psychology, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Juan M. Flujas-Contreras: Department of Psychology, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-10

Abstract: The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between psychological flexibility, perceived stress, and psychological heath in relatives of people with a disability diagnosis. 151 relatives completed an online questionnaire that included 6-PAQ (parental psychological flexibility), PSS (perceived stress), GHQ-12 (psychological health) and WBSI (suppression of unwanted thoughts). The results showed significant relationships between the four measured variables. A bimodal distribution was observed in the variables related to psychological flexibility. The multiple regression showed that difficulties in self as context, committed actions and defusion explain a high percentage of the variance of parental stress and general psychological health. The study provides new evidence to consider psychological flexibility as a mediating variable in psychological well-being. The presented data served as the basis for the development of an ACT-based intervention protocol and the implementation of a clinical trial for relatives of children with disabilities.

Keywords: parenting; psychological flexibility; disability; contextual therapies; acceptance and commitment therapy; ACT; parental stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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