Creating a strategy for progress: A contextual behavioral science approach

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-133

  Vilardaga, Roger ^b   Hayes, Steven C ^b   Levin, Michael E ^b   Muto, Takashi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Behavior analysis; Contextual behavioral science; Functional contextualism; Radical behaviorism; Relational frame theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949083368     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392178     Document Type: Article

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