In search of meaning: Values in modern clinical behavior analysis

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-103

  Plumb, Jennifer C ^c   Stewart, Ian ^a   Dahl, Jo Anne ^b   Lundgren, Tobias ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Clinical behavior analysis; Personal values; Relational frame theory

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL VALUE; PREDICTION; REINFORCEMENT; SCIENTIST;

EID: 68949122751     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392177     Document Type: Article

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