The Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire
A Viable Alternative to aaq-ii?
Introduction: Experiential avoidance ( ea ) is a central concept in the study of psychopathology from a
contextual-behavioral perspective. The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire ii ( aaq - ii ) has become the
most commonly used measure of ea . However, some authors have seriously questioned its validity. In
this context, the Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire ( beaq ) is a promising alternative.
Aim: The present study intended to translate the beaq into Spanish and analyze its psychometric prop-
erties in a Peruvian sample.
Materials and methods: The beaq was back-translated and a group of experts assessed the quality of
the items. The questionnaire was responded by 376 Peruvian university students. The beaq - ii items
were then subjected to an exploratory factorial analysis. Reliability estimators (H, α, ωT, ωTR) were
also calculated.
Results: The results did not support the supposed unidimensional nature of the beaq . Moreover, they
suggested the presence of two factors called Avoidance of Suffering and Disconnection and Deacti-
vation. Only the Avoidance of Suffering factor showed good reliability and could be easily interpreted.
Conclusion: Future research should develop a new measure of ea based on the items of the Avoidance
of Suffering factor. It is suggested that researchers continue to use aaq - ii until better measures of ex-
periential avoidance are available.
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