scispace - formally typeset
Search or ask a question
Topic

Acceptance and commitment therapy

About: Acceptance and commitment therapy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3809 publications have been published within this topic receiving 120769 citations. The topic is also known as: ACT.


Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: The ACT Model of Psychopathology and Human Suffering as discussed by the authors is a model of psychopathy and human suffering that is based on the Dilemma of human suffering and self-defusing self.

4,806 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: There are not enough well-controlled studies to conclude that ACT is generally more effective than other active treatments across the range of problems examined, but so far the data are promising.

4,777 citations

Book
15 Aug 1999
TL;DR: The ACT Model of Psychopathology and Human Suffering as discussed by the authors is a model of psychopathy and human suffering that is based on the Dilemma of human suffering and self-defusing self.
Abstract: Part I: The Problem and the Approach. The Dilemma of Human Suffering. The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundation of ACT. The ACT Model of Psychopathology and Human Suffering. Part II: Clinical Methods. Creative Hopelessness: Challenging the Normal Change Agenda. Control is the Problem, Not the Solution. Building Acceptance by Defusing Language. Discovering Self, Defusing Self. Valuing. Willingness and Commitment: Putting ACT into Action. Part III: Using ACT. The Effective ACT. Therapeutic Relationship. ACT in Context.

4,332 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: The development and psychometric evaluation of a second version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II), which assesses the construct referred to as, variously, acceptance, experiential avoidance, and psychological inflexibility, indicates the satisfactory structure, reliability, and validity of this measure.

2,818 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as discussed by the authors is one of a number of new interventions from both behavioral and cognitive wings that seem to be moving the field in a different direction.

1,996 citations


Network Information
Related Topics (5)
Anxiety
141.1K papers, 4.7M citations
81% related
Coping (psychology)
48.1K papers, 1.6M citations
78% related
Mental health
183.7K papers, 4.3M citations
78% related
Psychosocial
66.7K papers, 2M citations
78% related
Social support
50.8K papers, 1.9M citations
77% related
Performance
Metrics
No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023181
2022374
2021391
2020390
2019373
2018297