Studying the relationships of cognitive flexibility in the structure of maladaptive patterns and testing its presumed regulatory function
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The development of integrative models linking psychological constructs is one of the key directions in contemporary psychological science. Although the assumption of a regulatory role of cognitive flexibility within the structure of maladaptive states is theoretically grounded, its empirical relationships with other cognitive-affective constructs require further verification. The aim of the study was to examine the relationships between cognitive flexibility and core beliefs, dysfunctional attitudes, emotional schemas, coping strategies, and anxiety-depressive symptomatology, as well as to test its presumed regulatory function. The study involved 40 participants. A battery of psychodiagnostic instruments was administered, including the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS) by A. Beck and A. Weissman, the World Assumptions Scale (WAS) by R. Janoff-Bulman, the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI) by J.P. Dennis and J.S. Vander Wal, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) by C.D. Spielberger, the Leahy Emotional Schema Scale (LESS II) by R.L. Leahy, and Heim’s Method for the Diagnosis of Coping Strategies (MDICS). Data were analyzed using Spearman’s rank-order correlation analysis (Spearman’s ρ) and comparative analysis with the Kruskal-Wallis H test. Statistically significant correlations of moderate to high magnitude were identified: cognitive flexibility was negatively associated with symptomatology and dysfunctional attitudes and positively associated with all scales of core beliefs. Strong associations were also found between dysfunctional attitudes and emotional schemas, maladaptive coping strategies and symptomatology, and maladaptive coping strategies and emotional schemas. Stratification of the sample by levels of symptomatology and cognitive flexibility revealed convergent maladaptive profiles. The resulting pattern of interrelationships supports the conceptualization of cognitive flexibility as an important factor of psychological well-being and opens prospects for further investigation of its role.
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