ACBS Newsletter

February 2018

ACBS Research Development Grants

Congratulations to Karoly Schlosser, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK and to Elena Ballantyne, Psy.D., McMaster University, Canada for being awarded the 2017 - 2018 ACBS Research Development Grants. You can read about their projects on the ACBS website.

Student Spotlight Award

In conjunction with the ACBS Student SIG, it is our pleasure to introduce the most recent student spotlight award recipient! This month's featured student is Joanna Kaye, a fourth year graduate student studying at Drexel University. You can learn about Joanna and her work here.

Thank You to the Chapter and SIG Committee

ACBS committees are staffed entirely by volunteers. We want to thank the Chapter and SIG Committee chairs Mark Sisti and Brian Pilecki and their committee members for the stellar work that they do. The primary function of the Chapter and SIG Committee is to advise and support existing ACBS chapters, affiliates, and SIGs, as well as to promote the development and organization of new ones.

The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Matrix Mobile App: A Pilot Randomized Trial on Health Behaviors

In JCBS Vol. 6 Issue 3, Michael Levin, Benjamin Pierce, and Benjamin Schoendorff evaluated an ACT-based app for health behaviors based on the matrix approach. The paper explains that participants who adhered to the app improved more on health behaviors and the rate of reported valued actions increased over days using the app. ACBS members can read it for free in the JCBS member portal.

World Conference 16: Poster Submission Deadline

During the poster session at ACBS World Conference 16, attendees will have the opportunity to examine posters and interact with presenters. Posters usually report empirical research and will be organized into one or more sessions. The Call for Submissions deadline for poster presentations is March 20, 2018.

World Conference 16 Pre-Conference Workshop: Connecting Across Cultural Differences in Moments that Matter: A CBS Skills Based Approach

Jonathan Kanter, Daniel Rosen, and Mary Plummer Loudon will be presenting the pre-conference workshop "Connecting across Cultural Differences in Moments that Matter: A CBS Skills Based Approach" on Tuesday July 24 and Wednesday July 25. You can read more about the workshop here. Kanter, Rosen, and Loudon are donating the speaker proceeds for this workshop to the ACBS Diversity Committee Scholarhip Fund.

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