Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

Andrew, D. H., & Dulin, P. L. (2007). The relationship between self-reported health and mental health problems among older adults in New Zealand: Experiential avoidance as a moderator. Aging and mental health, 11(5), 596-603.

Asmundson, G. J. G., & Hadjistavropolous, H. D. (2006). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Rehabilitation of a Girl With Chronic Idiopathic Pain: Are We Breaking New Ground? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 13, 178–181.

Bach, P., & Hayes, S. C. (2002). The use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to prevent the rehospitalization of psychotic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70(5), 1129-1139.

Baer, R. A. (Ed.). (2005). Mindfulness-based treatment approaches: Clinician's guide to evidence base and applications. New York: Academic Press.

Barnes, D., & Hampson, P. (1993). Stimulus equivalence and connectionism: Implications for behavior analysis and cognitive science. The Psychological Record, 43, 617-638.

Barnes, D., & Keenan, M. (1993). A transfer of functions through derived arbitrary and non-arbitrary stimulus relations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 59, 61-81.

Barnes, D., & Keenan, M. (1994). Response-reinforcer contiguity and human performance on simple time-based reinforcement schedules. The Psychological Record, 44, 63-90.

Barnes, D., Browne, M., Smeets, P., & Roche, B. (1995). A transfer of functions and a conditional transfer of functions through equivalence relations in three to six year old children. The Psychological Record, 45, 405-430.

Barnes, D., Lawlor, H., Smeets, P. M., & Roche, B. (1996). Stimulus equivalence and academic self-concept among mildly mentally handicapped and nonhandicapped children. The Psychological Record, 46, 87-107.

Barnes-Holmes, D. (2000). Behavioral pragmatism: No place for reality and truth. The Behavior Analyst, 23, 191-202.

Barnes-Holmes, D., & O'Hora, D. (2004). Instructional Control: Developing a Relational Frame Analysis. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4, 263-284.

Barnes-Holmes, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & McHugh, L. (2004). A Relational Frame Account of the Development of Complex Cognitive Phenomena: Perspective-taking, False Belief Understanding, and Deception. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4 , 303-324.

Barnes-Holmes, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Hayes, S. C., & McHugh, L. (2004). Relational Frame Theory: Some Implications for Understanding and Treating Human Psychopathology. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4, 355-375.

Barnes-Holmes, D., Regan, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Commins, S., Walsh, D., Stewart, I., Smeets, P. M., Whelan, R., & Dymond, S. (2005). Relating derived relations as a model of analogical reasoning reaction times and event-related potentials. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 84(3), 435-451.

Barnes-Holmes, D., Staunton, C., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Whelan, R., Stewart, I., Commins, S., Walsh, D., Smeets, P., & Dymond, S. (2004). Interfacing Relational Frame Theory with cognitive neuroscience: Semantic priming, The Implicit Association Test, and event related potentials. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4, 215-240.

Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Smeets, P. M. (2004). Establishing relational responding in accordance with opposite as generalized operant behavior in young children. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4, 559-586.

Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B., & Smeets, P. (2001). Exemplar training and a derived transformation of function in accordance with symmetry: II. The Psychological Record, 51, 589-604.

Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Smeets, P. M., Strand, P., & Friman, P. (2004). Establishing relational responding in accordance with more-than and less-than as generalized operant behavior in young children. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4, 531-558.

Barnes-Holmes, Y., McHugh, L., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2004). Perspective-taking and Theory of Mind: A relational frame account. The Behavior Analyst Today, 5, 15-25.

Batten, S. V. (2005). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Comorbid Substance Abuse and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Study. Clinical Case Studies, 4(3), 246-260.

Batten, S. V., Follette, V. M., & Aban, I. (2001). Experiential Avoidance and high risk sexual behavior in survivors of child sexual abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 10(2), 101-120.

Batten, S. V., Orsillo, S. M., & Walser, R. D. (2005). Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. In S. M. Orsillo & L. Roemer (Eds.), Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety: Conceptualization and treatment. New York: Springer.

Berens, N. M., & Hayes, S. C. (2007). Arbitrarily applicable comparative relations: Experimental Evidence for relational operants. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 45-71.

Biglan, A., & Hayes, S. C. (1996). Should the behavioral sciences become more pragmatic? The case for functional contextualism in research on human behavior. Applied and Preventive Psychology: Current Scientific Perspectives, 5, 47-57.

Blackledge, J. T. (2003). An introduction to Relational Frame Theory: Basics and applications. The Behavior Analyst Today, 3(4), 421-433.

Blackledge, J. T. (2005). Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the support of parents of children diagnosed with autism. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 66(2-B), 1161.

Blackledge, J. T., & Hayes, S. C. (2001). Emotion regulation in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. JCLP/In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice, 57(2), 243-255.

Blackledge, J. T., Moran, D. J., & Ellis, A. E. (in press). Bridging the divide: Linking basic science to applied psychotherapeutic interventions - A relational frame theory account of cognitive disputation in rational emotive behavior therapy. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.

Boeshen, L. E., Koss, M. P., Figueredo, A. J., & Coan, J. A. (2001). Experiential avoidance and post-traumatic stress disorder: A cognitive mediational model of rape recovery. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 4, 211–245.

Bond, F. W., & Bunce, D. (2003). The role of acceptance and job control in mental health, job satisfaction, and work performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 1057-1067.

Bond, F. W., Hayes, S. C., & Barnes-Holmes, D. ( 2006). Psychological Flexibility, ACT and Organizational Behavior. In S. C. Hayes, F. W. Bond, D. Barnes-Holmes, & J. Austin (Eds.), Acceptance and Mindfulness at Work: Applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Relational Frame Theory to Organizational Behavior Management (pp. 25-54). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

Braekkan, K. C. (2007). An acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Preliminary outcomes of a controlled group comparison. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Spalding University.

Brown. K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The Benefits of Being Present: Mindfulness and Its Role in Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 822-848.

Cabello, F. (2002). Thinking and self-directed rules. NIUM Research Record, 41-47.

Cabello, F., & O'Hora, D. (2002). Addressing the limitations of protocol analysis in the study of complex human behavior. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 2, 115-130.

Cahill, J., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Rodríguez-Valverde, M., Luciano, C., & Smeets, P. M. (2007). The derived transfer and reversal of mood functions through equivalence relations II. The Psychological Record, 57, 373-389.

Campell-Sills, Barlow, Brown, Hofmann (2006). Effects of suppression and acceptance on emotional responses of individuals with anxiety and mood disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1251-1263.

Carpentier, F., Smeets, P. M., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2000). Matching compound samples with unitary compounds: Derived stimulus relations in adults and children. The Psychological Record, 50, 671-686.

Carpentier, F., Smeets, P. M., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2002). Matching functionally-same relations: Implications for equivalence-equivalence as a model for analogical reasoning. The Psychological Record, 52, 351-312.

Carpentier, F., Smeets, P. M., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003). Equivalence-equivalence as a model of analogy: Further analyses. The Psychological Record, 53, 349-372.

Carpentier, F., Smeets, P. M., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2004). Equivalence-equivalence: Matching stimuli with same discriminative functions. The Psychological Record, 54, 145-162.

Carpentier, F., Smeets, P. M., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Stewart, I. (2004). Matching derived functionally-same relations: Equivalence-equivalence and classical analogies. The Psychological Record, 54, 255-273.

Carr, D., Wilkinson, K. M., Blackman, D., & McIlvane, W. J. (2000). Equivalence classes in individuals with minimal verbal repertoires. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 74, 101-115.

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Chapman , A. L., Specht, M. W., & Cellucci, T. (2005). Borderline personality disorder and selfharm: Does experiential avoidance play a role? Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 35, 388–399.

Chowla, N., & Ostafin, B. (2007). Experiential avoidance as a functional dimensional approach to psychopathology: An empirical review. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63(9), 871–890.

Ciarrochi, J., & Mercer, D. (2006). Images to be used with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Wollongong, NSW: University of Wollongong.

Ciarrochi, J., & Mercer, D. (2006). Images to be used with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Wollongong, NSW: University of Wollongong.

Ciarrochi, J., & Robb, H. (2005). Letting a little nonverbal air into the room: Insights from acceptance and commitment therapy: Part 2: Applications. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 23(2), 107-130.

Cloud, J. (2006, February 13). Happiness isn't normal. Time, 167(7), 58-67.

Coyne, L. W., & Wilson, K. G. (2004). The role of cognitive fusion in impaired parenting: An RFT analysis. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4, 469-486.

Cullinan, V., Barnes, D., & Smeets, P. M. (1998). A precursor to the relational evaluation procedures: Analyzing stimulus equivalence. The Psychological Record, 48, 121-145.

Cullinan, V., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Smeets, P. M. (2000). A precursor to the relational evaluation procedure: Analyzing stimulus equivalence II. The Psychological Record, 50, 467-492.

Dahl, J. C., & Lundgren, T. L. (2006). Living beyond your pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to ease chronic pain. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Dahl, J., Wilson, K. G., & Nilsson, A. (2004). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the treatment of persons at risk for long-term disability resulting from stress and pain symptoms: A preliminary randomized trial. Behavior Therapy, 35, 785-802.

Dale, R. (2002). Relational frame theory and early language learning: Evidence from outside the experimental analysis of behavior. Poster presented at the 2002 ABA Annual Convention, May. Toronto, Canada.

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Dixon, M. R., Dymond, S., Rehfeldt, R. A., Roche, B., & Zlomke, K. R. (2003). Terrorism and relational frame theory. Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 129-147.

Donaldson, E., & Bond, F. W. (2004). Psychological acceptance and emotional intelligence in relation to workplace well-being. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 32, 187-203.

Dougher, M. J. (Ed.). (2000). Clinical behavior analysis. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Dougher, M. J., & Hayes, S. C. (2000). Clinical behavior analysis. In M. J. Dougher (Ed.), Clinical Behavior Analysis (pp. 11-26). Reno, NV: Context Press.

Dymond, S., & Barnes, D. (1994). A transfer of self-discrimination response functions through equivalence relations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 62, 251-267.

Dymond, S., & Barnes, D. (1996). A transformation of self discrimination response functions in accordance with the arbitrarily applicable relations of sameness, more than, and less than: Erratum. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 66(3), 348-360.

Dymond, S., Gomez-Martin, S., & Barnes, D. (1996). Multi-modal conditional discrimination in rats: Some preliminary findings. Irish Journal of Psychology, 17(3), 269-281.

Eifert, G. H., & Heffner, M. (2003). The effects of acceptance versus control contexts on avoidance of panic-related symptoms. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 34, 293-312.

Eifert, G. H., McKay, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2006). Act on life not on anger: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy guide to problem anger. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Feldner, M. T., Hekmat, H., Zvolensky, M. J., Vowles, K., E., Secrist, Z., & Leen-Feldner, E. W. (2006). The role of experiential avoidance in acute pain tolerance: A laboratory test. Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry, 37(2), 146-158.

Feldner, M. T., Zvolensky, M. J., Eifert, G. H., & Spira, A. P. (2003). Emotional avoidance: an experimental test of individual differences and response suppression using biological challenge. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41(4), 403-411.

Flessner, C. A., Busch, A. M., Heideman, P. W., & Woods, D. W. (in press). Acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy (AEBT) for trichotillomania and chronic skin picking exploring the effects of component sequencing. Behavior Modification.

Fletcher, L., & Hayes, S. C. (2005). Relational Frame Theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and a functional analytic definition of mindfulness. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, 23(4), 315-336.

Follette, V., & Pistorello, J. (2007). Finding Life Beyond Trauma: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Heal from Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Related Problems. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Forman, E. M., Hoffman, K. L., McGrath, K. B., Herbert, J. D., Brandsma, L. L., & Lowe, M. R. (2007). A comparison of acceptance- and control-based strategies for coping with food cravings: An analog study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2372-2386.

Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H. (2008). The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A guide to breaking free from anxiety, phobias, and worry using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Forsyth, J. P., Parker, J. D., & Finlay, C. G. (2003). Anxiety sensitivity, controllability, and experiential avoidance and their relation to drug of choice and addiction severity in a residential sample of substance-abusing veterans. Addictive Behaviors, 28(5), 851-870.

Fox, E. J. (2006). Constructing a pragmatic science of learning and instruction with functional contextualism. Educational Technology Research & Development, 54(1), 5-36.

Friman, P. C., Hayes, S. C., & Wilson, K. G. (1998). Why behavior analysts should study emotion: The example of anxiety. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 137-156.

García Higuera, J. A. (2006). La terapia de aceptación y compromiso (ACT) como desarrollo de la terapia cognitivo conductual. [Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Development]. Revista de Psicología y Pedagogía. Edupsyké, 5(2), 287-304.

García, J. M., & Pérez, M. (2001). ACT como tratamiento de los sí­ntomas psicóticos. El caso de las alucinaciones auditivas. Análisis y Modificación de Conducta, 27, 455-472.

García, R.F. (2000). Aplicación de la terapia de aceptación y compromiso en un ejemplo de evitación experiencial. Psicothema, 12 (3), 445-450.

Gardner, F.L., & Moore, Z.E. (2004). A mindfulness-acceptance-commitment-based approach to athletic performance enhancement: theoretical considerations. Behavior Therapy 35 ,707--723.

Gaudiano, B. A., & Herbert, J. D. (2006). Believability of hallucinations as a potential mediator of their frequency and associated distress in psychotic inpatients. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 34, 497–502.

Gifford, E. V., Kohlenberg, B. S., Hayes, S. C., Antonuccio, D. O., Piasecki, M. M., Rasmussen-Hall, M. L., & Palm, K. M. (2004). Applying a functional acceptance based model to smoking cessation: An initial trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Behavior Therapy, 35, 689-705.

Gómez, I., Martín, M. J., Chávez-Brown, M., & Greer, D. (2006). Toma de perspectiva y Teoría de la Mente: aspectos conceptuales y empíricos. Una propuesta pragmática. Salud Mental, 29, 5-14.

Gomez, S., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Luciano, M. C. (2002). Generalized break equivalence II: Contextual control over a generalized pattern of stimulus relations. The Psychological Record, 52, 203-220.

Gratz, K. L., & Gunderson, J. G. (2006). Preliminary data on an acceptance-based emotion regulation group intervention for deliberate self-harm among women with Borderline Personality Disorder. Behavior Therapy, 37(1), 25-35..

Gratz, K. L., Bornovalova, M. A., Delany-Brumsey, A., Bettina, N., & Lejuez, C. W. (2007). A laboratory-based study of the relationship between childhood abuse and experiential avoidance among inner-city substance users: The role of emotional nonacceptance. Behavior Therapy, 38(3), 256-268.

Greco, L. A., & Eifert, G. H. (2004). Treating parent-adolescent conflict: Is acceptance the missing link for an Integrative Family Therapy? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 11, 305-314.

Greco, L. A., Blomquist, K. K., Acra, S., & Moulton, D. (2006). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Adolescents with Functional Abdominal Pain: Results of a Pilot Investigation. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Greco, L. A., Lambert, W., & Baer, R. A. (2006). Psychological Inflexibility in Childhood and Adolescence: Development and Evaluation of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth. Manuscript under review.

Gregg, J., Callaghan, G., & Hayes, S. C. (2007). The diabetes lifestyle book: Facing your fears and making changes for a long and healthy life. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Grey, I., McClean, B., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2002). Staff attributions about the causes of challenging behaviours: Effects of longitudinal training in multi-element behaviour support. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 6, 297-312.

Gutiérrez, O., Hernández, M., & Visdómine, J. C. (2002). Comparación experimental entre dos procedimientos para generar clases de equivalencia en el ámbito educativo. [Comparison between two experimental procedures to generate equivalence classes in education]. Apuntes de Psicología, 20, 187-204.

Gutiérrez-Martínez, O., Luciano-Soriano, C., Rodríguez-Valverde, M., & Fink, B. C. (2004). Comparison Between an Acceptance-Based and a Cognitive-Control-Based Protocol for Coping With Pain. Behavior Therapy, 35, 767-783.

Haas, J. R., & Hayes, S.C. (2006). When knowing you are doing well hinders performance: Exploring the interaction between rules and feedback. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 26, 91-111.

Hayes, S. C., & Pankey, J. (2002). Experiential Avoidance, Cognitive Fusion, and an ACT Approach to Anorexia Nervosa. Response: ACT Approach to Anorexia. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 9, 243-247.

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