Philosophical, theoretical and empirical foundations of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Anuario de Psicologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-128

  Vilardaga, Roger ^a   Hayes, Steven C ^a   Schelin, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; Clinical outcomes; Emotional avoidance; Epistemology; Functional contextualism; Insensitivity to direct contingencies; Psychopathology; Relational operants; RFT; Rule governance

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTION; EMPIRICISM; EPISTEMOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 34447117691     PISSN: 00665126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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