Health psycology

Health Promotion

The theory of the researchers was that the determination people with higher scores or grade in Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ , a 9-item self-report measure of experiential avoidance (Hayes , Strosahl et al , 2004 . Respondents use a 7-point scale to rate "the truth . as it applies to you " of statements designed to evaluate aspects of psychological acceptance (e .g "I 'm not afraid of my feelings ) versus experiential avoidance (e .g "Anxiety is bad . and /or Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ ) which was originally designed to assess seven different strategies p

diverting attention

reinterpreting pain sensations

coping self-statements

ignoring pain sensations

praying /hoping

catastrophizing

and increasing behavioral activity

were used by patients in coping with chronic pain (Keefe , Crisson Urban Williams , 1990 ) were insinuations that they were the most probable people to avoid pain and have greater experiential avoidance than those who scored lower . As a result , researchers conducted a random experiment of 25 non-clinical college students and subjected them to specific tests that established their theory that second- change strategy is better than first- change strategies in dealing with clinical problems in which private experiences such as unwanted thoughts , feelings , bodily sensations , impulses , and memories are thought to be centrally involved . This new method involves various approaches to dialectical behavior therapy for bline personality dis (Linehan , 1993 , integrative behavioral therapy for distressed couples (Wheeler , Christensen Jacobson , 2001 , and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent depression relapse (Segal , Williams Teasdale , 2002 ) that , nevertheless , share the agenda of facilitating therapeutic change by altering the context within which private events function . These methods were designed so as to help the patients to address their low tolerance to painful experiences whether emotional or physical

The four major purposes of this study were

investigate experiential avoidance as a potentially central pathogenic process ' and ultimately further asses the construct validity of the AAQ

the painful feelings created by the cold pressor task would provide additional support for the validity of AAQ and further link experiential avoidance as a strong pathogenic process as suggested by Hayes et al (1996

people who were encouraged to accept pain tolerated it longer than those instructed to accept pain

explore the relationship between experiential avoidance as a universal approach to responding to unwanted private events and strategies in coping with pain more specifically (DeGood , 2000

The research was conducted by selecting college students enrolled in psychology courses who completed the AAQ and were tested to ensure that the tests would not be affected by any health-related condition . The instructions given to them are as follows

place your left hand into the icy water at least up to your wrist . say "painful " when the cold sensation first becomes painful to you and try to hold your hand in the water as long as possible . Although we would like you to try to hold your

hand in the water as long as possible , the decision of when to remove it is entirely up to you . The experiment showed that the participants...