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Beyond Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Process-Based Therapy
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In ACT, psychological flexibility is the main psychological process of change and is often fostered using skills training, experiential exercises, metaphors, and exposure.
“In ACT, psychological flexibility is the main psychological process of change and is often fostered using skills training, experiential exercises, metaphors, and exposure (Ong et al., 2020).”
From Virtual reality acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for social and public speaking anxiety: A randomized controlled trial (2023) · cites this paper as Ong et al., 2020
Building matrices of change and change procedures represented a valuable method to ensure change mechanisms were precisely defined and effectively linked to therapeutic applications.
“Building matrices of change and change procedures represented a valuable method to ensure our change mechanisms were precisely defined (148) and got effectively linked to therapeutic applications (75).”
From Developing a mechanism-based therapy for acute psychiatric inpatients with psychotic symptoms: an Intervention Mapping approach (2023) · cites this paper as [148]
There is excessive concept overlap in the literature.
“Second, we encountered an excessive concept overlap in the literature (148).”
From Developing a mechanism-based therapy for acute psychiatric inpatients with psychotic symptoms: an Intervention Mapping approach (2023) · cites this paper as [148]
Authors do not yet provide a standardized method on how to construct evidence-based problem models, choose adequate sets of change mechanisms, procedures and change measures.
“Although the research base on process-oriented care is growing, authors do not yet provide a standardized method on how to construct evidence-based problem models, choose adequate sets of change mechanisms, procedures and change measures (13, 148).”
From Developing a mechanism-based therapy for acute psychiatric inpatients with psychotic symptoms: an Intervention Mapping approach (2023) · cites this paper as [148]
ACT may be better suited to the developmental stage of the adolescent since it is not delivered in a manualized manner.
“In addition to the observed feasibility of ACT processes in adolescents, this intervention may be better suited to the developmental stage of the adolescent since it is not delivered in a manualized manner (Ong et al., 2020).”
From Process of change and efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. (2025) · cites this paper as Ong et al., 2020
ACT is designed to strengthen certain psychological skills, and symptom reduction is the by-product of such learning.
“That is, the claim that ACT is designed to strengthen certain psychological skills, and symptom reduction is the by-product of such learning (Ong et al., 2020).”
From The effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the psychological flexibility and inflexibility of undergraduate students: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis (2023) · cites this paper as Ong et al., 2020
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ong, C. W., Levin, M. E., & Twohig, M. P.
- Affiliations
- Utah State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ong, Clarissa W.
- Venue
- The Psychological Record
- Published
- 2020-03-31
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 637-648
- ISSN
- 0033-2933 (ISSN-L)
- 2163-3452
- OpenAlex
- W3011510587
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 2.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Psychological Record (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- process-based therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, therapeutic process, mental health services, clinical evaluation, conceptualization, psychotherapeutic interventions, implementation barriers, theory development, research methodology
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