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Abstract
Purpose
To explore the potential classification of psychological flexibility (PF) among Chinese college students, analyze whether there is group heterogeneity in PF, and discuss the differences in the latent profile of PF in the negative emotions of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Methods
A total of 1769 college students were investigated using the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire and Depression-Anxiety-Stress Self-rating Scale, and heterogeneity was tested by latent profile analysis.
Results
The PF of college students can be divided into three latent profiles: self-contradiction group (19.2%), high PF group (34.1%), and low PF group (46.7%). The scores of depression, anxiety, and stress are significantly different among the groups.
Conclusion
There is obvious group heterogeneity in the PF of college students, and they can be divided into the self-contradiction group, the high PF group, and the low PF group. The self-contradiction and low PF groups score significantly higher on the negative emotions of depression, anxiety, and stress than the high PF group.
Compliance with Ethical Standards
All the methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Anhui Normal University. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Acknowledgments
We would also like to thank EssentialsLink Language Services for its linguistic assistance.
Disclosure
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.