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Psychological flexibility and inflexibility uniquely predict hedonic well-being, with substantial heterogeneity in these relationships among individuals. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This study investigates how different subprocesses of psychological flexibility affect individual well-being.

February 22, 2026Journal of Contextual Behavioral ScienceOpen Access

Heterogeneity in the Links of Psychological (In)Flexibility Subprocesses and Well-being: Idionomic Insights from an Experience Sampling Study

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MFMadeleine I. FraserAustralian Catholic University KFKathryn FieldAustralian Catholic University JCJoseph CiarrochiAustralian Catholic University

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Experience sampling reveals how psychological flexibility affects well-being, highlighting individual differences.

Key Points

This study investigates how different subprocesses of psychological flexibility affect individual well-being.
Used experience sampling method to collect data from 167 college students over one week.
Employed i-ARIMAX for individual behaviour modelling in time-series data.
Applied meta-analyses to understand overall heterogeneity across individuals.
Utilized multilevel modelling to compare different groups identified from the data.
Psychological flexibility and inflexibility uniquely influenced hedonic well-being, showing varied impacts across individuals.
Among Stoics, stress positively connected to acceptance, linking to committed action.
Non-Stoics experienced decreased committed action when sad, contrasting with Stoics who intensified commitment in sadness.

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Fraser et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699a9ceb482488d673cd2953 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2026.100984

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February 22, 2026Journal of Contextual Behavioral ScienceOpen Access

Heterogeneity in the Links of Psychological (In)Flexibility Subprocesses and Well-being: Idionomic Insights from an Experience Sampling Study

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Authors

MFMadeleine I. FraserAustralian Catholic University KFKathryn FieldAustralian Catholic University JCJoseph CiarrochiAustralian Catholic University

Discussion

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Implication

Experience sampling reveals how psychological flexibility affects well-being, highlighting individual differences.

Key Points

This study investigates how different subprocesses of psychological flexibility affect individual well-being.
Used experience sampling method to collect data from 167 college students over one week.
Employed i-ARIMAX for individual behaviour modelling in time-series data.
Applied meta-analyses to understand overall heterogeneity across individuals.
Utilized multilevel modelling to compare different groups identified from the data.
Psychological flexibility and inflexibility uniquely influenced hedonic well-being, showing varied impacts across individuals.
Among Stoics, stress positively connected to acceptance, linking to committed action.
Non-Stoics experienced decreased committed action when sad, contrasting with Stoics who intensified commitment in sadness.

Cite This Study

Fraser et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699a9ceb482488d673cd2953 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2026.100984

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