Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
Also known as ACBS
The international community for ACT, relational frame theory and contextual science.
At a glance
People
Steven C. Hayes (Past president)
What it does
Mission, Values, Chapters and special interest groups …
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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), Relational frame theory and Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition
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- ACBS is an international community of researchers, practitioners, educators and students.
- It is devoted to ACT, Relational frame theory and contextual behavioural science.
- It links basic and applied research and spreads training and resources.
- It runs an annual world conference and has local chapters and special interest groups.
Why it matters
- The main professional home for Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT); its site gathers training, evidence summaries and the community.
Key facts
- Started
- Founded 2005, incorporated 20061
- Members
- Over 8,000 in 2023, about half outside the US2
- Vision
- Alleviating human suffering and advancing well-being through contextual behavioural science1
- Conference
- An annual world conference, alternating between North America, Europe and South America2
- Based
- Jenison, Michigan, USA3
People
What it does
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Mission1
Link basic and applied research, spread contextual behavioural science, and develop evidence-based principles and applications.
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Values1
Members aim to work in a collegial, open, generous, self-critical, non-discriminatory and mutually supportive way.
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Chapters and special interest groups3
Regional chapters, affiliates and topic groups, such as ACT/RFT in occupational health.
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Evidence page (opens contextualscience.org)4
Keeps a monthly-updated list of bodies that call ACT evidence-based and of reviews of its research.
Connections
Links
Sources
- About ACBS (Association for Contextual Behavioral Science) (opens contextualscience.org)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy (Wikipedia) (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, home page (opens contextualscience.org)
- State of the ACT evidence (Association for Contextual Behavioral Science) (opens contextualscience.org)
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