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Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ)

Title of the Portuguese Version

Questionário de Fusão Cognitiva

Original Version

Gillanders, D. T., Bolderston, H., Bond, F. W., Dempster, M., Flaxman, P. E., Campbell, L., Kerr, Tansey, Noel, Ferenbach, Masley, Roach, Lloyd, May, Clarke, & Remington, R. (2014)

Portuguese Version

Pinto-Gouveia, J., Dinis, A., Gregório, S., & Pinto, A. M. (2017)

General Description

The CFQ was developed as a measure to assess cognitive fusion and it has a single-factor structure. Each item is rated on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 (never true) to 7 (always true) and the final score is computed through the sum of all items, with higher scores reflecting higher fusion with the content of cognitive events. The Portuguese version of CFQ also showed a one-factor structure composed by seven items and revealed a good internal consistency, an adequate temporal stability in a two-month period, and good convergent and discriminant validities.

References

  • Gillanders, D. T., Bolderston, H., Bond, F. W., Dempster, M., Flaxman, P. E., Campbell, L., … Remington, R. (2014). The development and initial validation of the cognitive fusion questionnaire. Behavior Therapy, 45, 83-101. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2013.09.001

  • Pinto-Gouveia, J., Dinis, A., Gregório, S., & Pinto, A. M. (2017). Concurrent effects of different psychological processes in the prediction of depressive symptoms – the role of cognitive fusion. Current Psychology. doi:10.1007/s12144-017-9767-5

Contacts

José Pinto-Gouveia – jpgouveia@fpce.uc.pt

Alexandra Dinis – alexandra.m.b.dinis@gmail.com

Sónia Gregório – sm_gregorio@hotmail.com