The Research Journey of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

230 Pages·2015·7.31 MB·English

by  Nic Hooper

The Research Journey of Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy (ACT)

The Research Journey of
Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy
(ACT)
Nic Hooper
LecturerinPsychology,UniversityoftheWestofEngland,UK
and
Andreas Larsson
LicensedPsychologist,KarolinskaInstitutetandStockholmCountyCouncil,Sweden
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Foreword©StevenC.Hayes2015
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To my parents, thank you for giving everything to me. And to
my wife Amy, who has been patient for every step of this
journey, I love you very much
NH
For Therése and our son, Tage, for being the salt of my life.
With heartfelt thanks to Lena Seglert, my mother-in-law, who
minded Tage while I worked on this during my parental leave
AL

Contents
ListofFiguresandTables ix
Foreword x
Acknowledgements xviii
Prologue xix
Part I TheoreticalandHistorical
Background
1 TheNeed 3
2 TheThreeWaves 6
3 TheHistoryofACT 17
4 ContextualBehaviouralScience 23
5 TheImportanceofEmpiricalResearch 26
Part II EmpiricalResearch
6 Depression 31
7 AnxietyDisorders 44
8 SeriousMentalIllnesses 66
9 SubstanceAbuse 73
10 SmokingCessation 77
11 EatingBehaviour 86
12 Pain 98
13 OtherHealthConditions 116
14 Work 128
15 TheACTVariety 135
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viii Contents
Part III TheJourneyAhead
16 TheStatistics 157
17 Conclusion 163
References 167
FurtherResources 206
Index 210
Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 TheHexaflexorpsychologicalflexibilitymodel 14
2.2 Thematrix,analternativeACTconceptualizationmodel 15
16.1 Thenumberofoutcomestudiesconductedacrosseach
disorder 158
16.2 Thenumberofparticipantsacrosseachdisorder 159
16.3 ThedeliveryformatsofACTresearch 160
16.4 Theaveragenumberoftherapyhoursacrosseach
disorder 161
16.5 Thebreakdownofoutcomestudiesacrosscountries 161
16.6 Thebreakdownofoutcomestudiesoverthepast30
years 162
Tables
2.1 Correlationalstudiesofexperientialavoidanceand
depressionwithauthor(year),typeofdepression
measure,nandr,firstpresentedinRuiz(2010) 12
2.2 Correlationalstudiesofexperientialavoidanceand
anxietywithauthor(year),typeofanxietymeasure,n
andr,aspresentedinRuiz(2010) 13
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