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. 2024 Oct 16;14:24253. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-75595-8

Table 2.

Correlations and descriptive statistics of scales used in the study.

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1. Acceptance
2. Awareness 0.38***
3. Self-as-Context 0.34*** 0.52***
4. Defusion 0.21*** 0.39*** 0.53***
5. Values 0.29*** 0.53*** 0.56*** 0.49***
6. Committed Action 0.23*** 0.47*** 0.53*** 0.44*** 0.60***
7. Flexibility Mean 0.54*** 0.74*** 0.79*** 0.70*** 0.79*** 0.75***
8. Experiential Avoidance 0.09* 0.09* 0.13*** 0.08 0.11** 0.11** 0.14***
9. Lack of Awareness 0.05 − 0.11** − 0.11** − 0.07 − 0.11** − 0.14*** − 0.12** 0.14***
10. Self-as-Content 0.13*** − 0.08* − 0.06 − 0.18*** − 0.11** − 0.16*** − 0.10** 0.20*** 0.40***
11. Fusion 0.12** − 0.11** − 0.19*** − 0.38*** − 0.19*** − 0.25*** − 0.23*** 0.19*** 0.38*** 0.61***
12. Lack of Values 0.08* − 0.17*** − 0.13** − 0.23*** − 0.22*** − 0.29*** − 0.21*** 0.15*** 0.39*** 0.57*** 0.62***
13. Inaction 0.08* − 0.15*** − 0.18*** − 0.31*** − 0.26*** − 0.36*** − 0.27*** 0.08* 0.40*** 0.54*** 0.71*** 0.66***
14. Inflexibility Mean 0.13*** − 0.12** − 0.13** − 0.26*** − 0.18*** − 0.25*** − 0.18*** 0.39*** 0.62*** 0.78*** 0.83*** 0.79*** 0.8***
15. WEMWBS 0.11** 0.36*** 0.37*** 0.47*** 0.48*** 0.50*** 0.53*** − 0.01 − 0.26*** − 0.34*** − 0.55*** − 0.39*** − 0.55*** − 0.49***
16. PoMS 0.03 0.26*** 0.31*** 0.45*** 0.39*** 0.40*** 0.42*** − 0.06 − 0.30*** − 0.41*** − 0.59*** − 0.42*** − 0.54*** − 0.55*** 0.78***
17. GAD-7 0.10** − 0.14*** − 0.19*** − 0.33*** − 0.28*** − 0.26*** − 0.25*** 0.16*** 0.32*** 0.51*** 0.64*** 0.51*** 0.61*** 0.66*** − 0.59*** − 0.66***
18. PHQ-9 0.10* − 0.23*** − 0.23*** − 0.3*** − 0.32*** − 0.33*** − 0.29*** 0.12** 0.39*** 0.49*** 0.61*** 0.53*** 0.62*** 0.65*** − 0.64*** − 0.63*** 0.81***
19. MEQ-30 0.19*** 0.21*** 0.17*** 0.15*** 0.16*** 0.20*** 0.25*** 0.12** 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.02 0.09* 0.12** 0.05 0.04 0.04
20. PIQ 0.30*** 0.23*** 0.23*** 0.19*** 0.17*** 0.16*** 0.29*** 0.13** 0.08* 0.16*** 0.10* 0.17*** 0.09* 0.17*** 0.12** 0.05 0.15*** 0.13*** 0.60***
21. AMP 0.29*** 0.20*** 0.20*** 0.16*** 0.13** 0.12** 0.25*** 0.13** 0.09* 0.19*** 0.11** 0.19*** 0.11** 0.19*** 0.07 − 0.01 0.19*** 0.15*** 0.52*** 0.97***
22. GAP 0.29*** 0.24*** 0.25*** 0.21*** 0.21*** 0.22*** 0.33*** 0.12** 0.07 0.10** 0.06 0.11** 0.03 0.12*** 0.18*** 0.11** 0.08 0.09* 0.66*** 0.94*** 0.84***
23. Average use 0.15*** 0.07 0.12** 0.09* 0.01 0.06 0.11** 0.06 − 0.07 0.03 − 0.04 0.06 − 0.01 0.01 0.06 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.30*** 0.41*** 0.37*** 0.42***
24. Cum. Frequency − 0.01 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.02 0.05 0.07 − 0.02 0.01 − 0.03 − 0.02 − 0.07 − 0.06 − 0.04 0.01 0.02 − 0.03 − 0.01 0.01 − 0.01 − 0.03 0.01 − 0.01
25. Time since last use − 0.02 − 0.04 − 0.04 − 0.03 − 0.02 − 0.05 − 0.06 0.02 0.06 − 0.01 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.05 − 0.05 − 0.04 0.06 0.01 − 0.04 0.01 0.01 − 0.02 0.02 − 0.29***
Mean 3.39 4.06 4.00 3.49 4.03 4.13 3.85 3.83 2.92 2.98 3.12 2.82 2.96 3.11 3.31 3.00 2.05 1.90 2.62 1.82 1.75 1.93 2.62 7.70 37.70
Standard deviation 1.02 1.02 1.09 1.16 1.11 1.07 0.79 1.21 1.20 1.22 1.27 1.15 1.29 0.88 0.71 0.88 0.77 0.70 0.94 1.09 1.11 1.16 1.93 26.72 78.18
Cronbah’s α 0.60 0.75 0.72 0.84 0.78 0.79 0.88 0.82 0.85 0.77 0.85 0.75 0.88 0.88 0.93 0.90 0.91 0.90 0.95 0.96 0.94 0.92

Variables 1–14 represent means of psychological flexibility and inflexibility as well as subscales of the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI; Range: 1–6), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Range: 0–3), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7; Range: 0–3), The Peace of Mind Scale (PoMS; Range: 1–5), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS; Range: 1–5).

The Psychological Insight Questionnaire (PIQ; Range: 0–5), The Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30; Range: 0–5). Avoidance and Maladaptive Patterns Insights (AMP) subscale, Goals and Adaptive Patterns Insights (GAP) subscale. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001..