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Another line of research has specifically focused on the relationship between cognitive flexibility and coping styles (Dennis &Vander Wal.
The instruments used to measure cognitive flexibility include many performance-based scales such as the Stroop Color and Word Test (Golden, 1975), Trail Making Test Part B (TMT; Reitan & Woolfson, 1993), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST; Berg, 1948), and a limited number of self- report instruments like Alternate Uses Test (Wilson et al.
Recently, however, Dennis and Vander Wal (2010) developed the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI) to measure cognitive flexibility underlying the effectiveness of thought-challenging techniques used in CBT for treating depression and other psychological disorders.
The CFI, unlike other measures of cognitive flexibility, is the first 20-item self-report instrument which is brief and easy to administer and score, and more practical for assessing treatment outcomes (Dennis and Vander Wal, 2010).
All students were administered a questionnaire battery that included the CFI-I (CFI-Iranian version), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and Billings and Moos Coping Styles Questionnaire (CSQ).
The CFI was originally developed to measure three aspects of cognitive flexibility: a) the tendency to perceive difficult situations as controllable; b) the ability to perceive multiple alternative explanations for life occurrences and human behaviors; c) the ability to generate multiple alternative solutions to difficult situations but it ended in two factors and demonstrated adequate levels of validity, reliability and internal consistency.
The participants, thus, completed the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and Billings and Moos Coping Styles Questionnaire (CSQ).