Extensive empirical evidence across various psychological domains demonstrates that mental rigidity, cognitive inflexibility, and experiential avoidance are robustly linked to the onset and maintenance of diverse psychological problems, including depression, anxiety, addiction, and emotional distress.
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Psychological Inflexibility and Psychopathology in 9‐1‐1 Telecommunicators
2015 · cited by 37
Psychological inflexibility was shown to have a significant direct effect on psychopathology in telecommunicators.
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Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents.
2023 · cited by 9
Interpretation inflexibility was linked to higher internalizing symptoms and depressive symptom severity in adolescents.
Effects of harassment on psychological inflexibility/experiential avoidance among Taiwanese emergent adult gay and bisexual men.
2021 · cited by 5
Higher psychological inflexibility/experiential avoidance was associated with greater mental illness and harassment vulnerability.
Misophonia symptom severity is linked to impaired flexibility and heightened rumination.
2026 · cited by 3
Cognitive inflexibility and psychological rigidity were uniquely linked to misophonia symptom severity and rumination.
Biased and inflexible interpretations of social situations predict depressive symptoms and relational outcomes in parent-adolescent dyads.
2025 · cited by 2
Inflexible interpretations of social situations predicted higher levels of depressive symptoms in parent-adolescent dyads.
Adolescent-Reported Interparental Conflict and Related Emotional–Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility
2025 · cited by 2
Psychological inflexibility mediated the relationship between interparental conflict and adolescent emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Executive dysfunction as a transdiagnostic mechanism of psychopathology: a neurocognitive framework for diagnosis and intervention.
2026 · cited by 1
Executive dysfunction and cognitive inflexibility represent a transdiagnostic mechanism of psychopathology across multiple conditions.
Experiential Avoidance and Psychoactive Substance Use: Systematic Review.
2026 · cited by 1
Experiential avoidance, or psychological inflexibility, acts as a transdiagnostic process underlying vulnerability to substance use disorders.