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The Trouble with Language: Experiential Avoidance, Rules, and the Nature of Verbal Events

Hayes, Steven C, Gifford, Elizabeth V.·1997·Psychological Science

DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00405.x

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Experiential avoidance is the attempt to escape or avoid certain private experiences, such as particular feelings, memories, behavioral predispositions, or thoughts In this article, we discuss evidence that experiential avoidance is both pervasive and often harmful to human functioning We argue that experiential avoidance can be explained by two verbal processes, and we provide basic behavioral evidence on both the bidirectionality of derived stimulus relations in verbal humans and the insensitivity to the effects of responding produced by verbal rules If this analysis is correct, experiential avoidance is built into human language and thus can be undermined only with difficulty

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Authors: Hayes, S. C., & Gifford, E. V.
Affiliations: University of Nevada, Reno (US)
ORCID: Hayes, Steven C
Venue: Psychological Science
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1997-05
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Pages: 170-173
ISSN: 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
1467-9280
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00405.x
OpenAlex: W2117656696
Cited by: 131
References: 33
Citations by year: 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 6.27
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords: experiential avoidance, verbal behavior, derived stimulus relations, private experience, escape behavior, language and behavior

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