Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
8-12-2021
Publication Title
Behavior Analysis in Practice
Department
Psychology
College/School
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Abstract
Acceptance describes mediating behaviors in which an individual reduces escape and avoidance behaviors in response to unwanted private events while also encouraging increased appetitive control. Given the recent resurgence of interest in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training (ACT) in ABA, a review of this core treatment process is warranted. Acceptance enjoys strong empirical support within the psychological and contextual behavioral science literatures, with treatment outcome studies, self-report measures research, and behavioral laboratory tasks all supporting the process. A review of select publications in behavior analytic journals found that acceptance also enjoys preliminary evidence of effectiveness across a variety of populations and problem behaviors in ABA. An application of acceptance in an ABA context is discussed, and recommendations for a more functional approach to acceptance and other ACT processes is offered. Acceptance interventions fall within the scope of practice of ABA in several contexts and are of relevance to mainstream ABA practitioners.
Recommended Citation
Bordieri, M. J. (2021). Acceptance: A Research Overview and Application of This Core ACT Process in ABA. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1-14.
Comments
This is an Accepted Article published by Springer in Behavior Analysis in Practice, available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00575-7