Patient Assessment & Evaluation Flashcards
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Which ACT-specific assessment tool measures a client's degree of psychological flexibility across six core processes?
Answer: Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II)
The AAQ-II is the primary validated measure of psychological flexibility and experiential avoidance used in ACT assessment.
During initial ACT assessment, a therapist asks a client to describe what their life would look like if their struggles were resolved. This technique primarily assesses which area?
Answer: Values clarification and life direction
Asking clients to describe a preferred future life directly elicits values and the life directions that matter most to them.
A client scores high on the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ). What does this indicate about their psychological functioning?
Answer: They are highly entangled with their thoughts and treat them as literal truths
High CFQ scores indicate cognitive fusion, meaning the client is dominated by their thoughts rather than observing them with distance.
When assessing experiential avoidance in a new ACT client, which client statement most directly signals this pattern?
Answer: 'I keep myself busy so I don't have to think about the accident.'
Deliberate distraction to avoid processing an experience is a hallmark behavioral marker of experiential avoidance.
In ACT assessment, 'creative hopelessness' is introduced to help the client recognize which pattern?
Answer: That control-based strategies have not resolved their suffering
Creative hopelessness helps clients see that their change-control agenda has been ineffective, opening space for an acceptance-based approach.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of a functional assessment in ACT?
Answer: To understand how a client's behaviors function in context, including avoidance functions
ACT functional assessment examines what behaviors serve (especially avoidance functions) rather than diagnosing topographical symptom categories.
A therapist uses the 'Bull's-eye' exercise during assessment. What does this tool primarily evaluate?
Answer: The gap between a client's current behavior and their stated values
The Bull's-eye assessment maps clients' actions relative to their values across life domains, highlighting values-behavior discrepancies.