000099778 001__ 99778 000099778 005__ 20230519145513.0 000099778 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565638 000099778 0248_ $$2sideral$$a123257 000099778 037__ $$aART-2021-123257 000099778 041__ $$aeng 000099778 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0242-5972$$aValdivia-Salas, S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000099778 245__ $$aPsychological Flexibility With Prejudices Increases Empathy and Decreases Distress Among Adolescents: A Spanish Validation of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–Stigma 000099778 260__ $$c2021 000099778 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000099778 5203_ $$aEmpathy is an emotional response that may facilitate prosocial behavior and inhibit aggression by increasing empathic concern for others. But the vicarious experience of other’s feelings may also turn into personal distress when the person has poor regulation skills and holds stigmatizing beliefs. In thinking about the processes that may trigger the experience of personal distress or empathic concern, research on the influence of psychological flexibility and inflexibility on stigma is showing promising results. Both processes are assessed with the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–Stigma (AAQ-S). The current study sought to carry out a validity study of a Spanish version of the AAQ-S with a sample of adolescents aged 11–17 years. The study included an expanded test of its predictive validity with measures at three times to evaluate the role of psychological flexibility and inflexibility as risk or protective variables for the development of personal distress and/or empathic concern in the stigmatizer. Statistical analyses confirmed a two-correlated-factor solution, the adequate reliability of both factors, and their construct and predictive validity in the expected direction. The stigmatizer’s inflexible reaction to their stigmatizing thoughts predicted the occurrence of personal distress, whereas the stigmatizer’s flexible reaction to their stigmatizing thoughts predicted the occurrence of empathic concern for others. These findings confirm the importance of considering the role of regulatory skills in the experience of empathic concern or personal distress in the presence of stigmatizing thoughts, with possible implications for the promotion of prosocial behavior and the reduction of aggressive behavior among adolescents. © 000099778 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/LMP40-18$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/Building Europe from Aragon$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ-IBERCAJA/JIUZ-2016-SOC-04 000099778 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000099778 590__ $$a4.232$$b2021 000099778 592__ $$a0.873$$b2021 000099778 594__ $$a4.0$$b2021 000099778 591__ $$aPSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY$$b35 / 147 = 0.238$$c2021$$dQ1$$eT1 000099778 593__ $$aPsychology (miscellaneous)$$c2021$$dQ1 000099778 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000099778 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4417-5470$$aMartín-Albo, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000099778 700__ $$aCruz, A. 000099778 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6081-1583$$aVillanueva-Blasco, V.J. 000099778 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5187-3683$$aJiménez, T.I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000099778 7102_ $$14009$$2735$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Psicolog.Evolut.Educac 000099778 7102_ $$14009$$2680$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. 000099778 773__ $$g11 (2021), 565638 [9 pp]$$pFront. psychol.$$tFrontiers in Psychology$$x1664-1078 000099778 8564_ $$s317573$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/99778/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000099778 8564_ $$s2201436$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/99778/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000099778 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:99778$$particulos$$pdriver 000099778 951__ $$a2023-05-18-15:13:12 000099778 980__ $$aARTICLE