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The 62-item Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ) [25] was developed to measure different aspects of EA. The Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (BEAQ) is a 15-item measure developed using MEAQ items, which has become the most widely used measure of experiential avoidance. [26]
Avoidance coping is measured via a self-reported questionnaire. Initially, the Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ) was used, which is a 62-item questionnaire that assesses experiential avoidance, and thus avoidance coping, by measuring how many avoidant behaviors a person exhibits and how strongly they agree with each statement on a scale of 1–6. [1]
The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ) was designed to measure experiential avoidance. This test found that higher levels of avoidance are linked to higher levels of general psychopathology, depression, anxiety, fears, and a lower quality of life. AAQ also measures avoidant coping and self-deceptive positivity. [3]
Thought suppression has been seen as a form of "experiential avoidance". Experiential avoidance is when an individual attempts to suppress, change, or control unwanted internal experiences (thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, memories, etc.). [22] [23] This line of thinking supports relational frame theory.
Experiential avoidance – Attempts to avoid internal experiences; List of cognitive biases – Systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment; List of maladaptive schemas – List on psychotherapy topic; Motivated forgetting – Psychological defense mechanism
Emotion-focused therapy for individuals was originally known as process-experiential therapy, [5] and continues to be referred to by this name in some contexts. [6] EFT should not be confused with emotion-focused coping , a separate concept involving coping strategies for managing emotions. [ 7 ]
Experiential avoidance behaviors are those that “function to avoid or escape from unwanted internal experiences." [ 4 ] The mechanism for this model involves an individual experiencing an event that evokes an aversive emotional response, which causes the individual to want to escape from that unpleasant emotional state. [ 4 ]
Two examples of assessments developed to measure safety behaviors performed by people with social anxiety are the Social Behavior Questionnaire and the Subtle Avoidance Frequency Examination. [ 2 ] [ 27 ] An assessment developed to measure safety behaviors performed by people with panic disorder is the Texas Safety Maneuver Scale.