Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): Advances and applications with children, adolescents, and families

LW Coyne, L McHugh… - Child and adolescent …, 2011 - childpsych.theclinics.com
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT; pronounced “act,” not ACT) is a “thirdwave”
behavioral therapy that has attracted a great deal of empirical attention in its use with adults …

From helpless to hero: Promoting values-based behavior and positive family interaction in the midst of COVID-19

TG Szabo, S Richling, DD Embry, A Biglan… - Behavior analysis in …, 2020 - Springer
Parents managing their home environments during government-ordered stay-at-home
periods are likely to need new skills for occupying their children's time with activities that …

Evaluating the effects of acceptance and commitment training on the overt behavior of parents of children with autism

ER Gould, J Tarbox, L Coyne - Journal of contextual behavioral science, 2018 - Elsevier
Behavioral parent training is a critical component of treatment for children with autism,
however, engaging parents effectively can be challenging. Despite evidence that private …

Development of the parental psychological flexibility questionnaire

K Burke, S Moore - Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2015 - Springer
This paper describes development and validation of the Parental Psychological Flexibility
(PPF) Questionnaire, a parent-report measure designed to assess psychological flexibility …

The role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between parent and adolescent distress

DN Moyer, EK Sandoz - Journal of child and family studies, 2015 - Springer
Every day, parents must navigate a role that is at the same time both very rewarding and
very stressful. Coping with the balance between stress and reward can have immediate and …

Effectiveness of a web-based intervention on parental psychological flexibility and emotion regulation: A pilot open trial

JM Flujas-Contreras, A García-Palacios… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
“Parenting Forest” is an informed contextual therapy parenting program for improving
parental emotion regulation strategies and psychological flexibility. The aim of this study was …

Parental experiential avoidance as a potential mechanism of change in a parenting intervention for parents of children with pediatric acquired brain injury

FL Brown, K Whittingham… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective To consider the relationship of parental experiential avoidance (EA) to
psychological symptoms and problematic parenting strategies after pediatric acquired brain …

ACT-based interventions for reducing psychological distress in parents and caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorders: Recommendations for higher …

A Prevedini, T Hirvikoski… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Caregivers of children with disabilities experience reduced psychological wellbeing. In
existing evidence-based treatments for parents, the parental emotional struggles are often …

Parenting intervention combined with acceptance and commitment therapy: Processes of change

K Whittingham, MR Sanders, L McKinlay… - Journal of Child and …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives We report an investigation into processes of change in a randomized controlled
trial of Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for …

A comparison of the effectiveness of Clark and ACT parenting training on improving the emotional-behavioral problems of the child with divorced single mothers

M Quchani, FH Arbabi, NS Smaeili - Learning and Motivation, 2021 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Clark and Acceptance
and Commitment Therapy parenting training on improving the emotional-behavioral …