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Measuring Decentering – Development and Validation of the French Version of the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ-F)

Published:2024-08-01 Issue: Volume:5 Page:229-241
ISSN:2698-1866
Container-title:Psychological Test Adaptation and Development
language:en
Short-container-title:Psychological Test Adaptation and Development

Author:

Gamaiunova Liudmila¹^ORCID,Shankland Rebecca²^ORCID,Moore Michael³^ORCID,Mayor Eric⁴⁵^ORCID,Dessart Grégory¹,Kotsou Ilios⁶^ORCID,Fresco David⁷⁸^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Social Sciences of Religions, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

2. DIPHE, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France

3. Department of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA

4. Institute of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

5. Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland

6. Faculté de Psychologie, Sciences de l'Education et Logopédie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

7. Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

8. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Abstract

Abstract: This article presents the results of a psychometric evaluation and initial validation of the French version of the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ-F), a self-report measure of decentering. Decentering is the ability to maintain a detached stance toward one’s thoughts and emotions and is related to adaptive psychological functioning. Study 1 explored the EQ-F’s factor structure and construct validity in a nonclinical population. Study 2 evaluated the construct validity of the EQ-F in an intervention design. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a one-factor model of the original measure. The construct validity of the EQ-F was supported by positive correlations with mindfulness and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and negative associations with cognitive fusion, experiential avoidance, stress, anxiety, depression symptoms, and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Furthermore, construct validity was demonstrated by pre–post changes in decentering in a mindfulness-based intervention. EQ-F can be used as a valid measure of decentering in French.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1027/2698-1866/a000083

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