ACBS Hungary
Affiliated 2015
Type of Chapter:
Language Community
Geographic (or language) Boundaries of the Chapter:
Those who reside in Hungary or speak Hungarian.
Mission/Objectives:
- Promote a better understanding of the human condition and suffering based on the principles of functional-contextual science, disseminating this functional-contextual approach in Hungary.
- Support the interests of researchers, practitioners and students in Hungary on basic principles of experimental analysis, workable applied theories linked to these principles and effective applied technologies.
- Promote the coordination among researchers in Hungary in a way that is effective in disseminating their scientific developments in the international scientific community.
- Promote the connection between basic research on the role of contingencies and the transformation of functions and applied research and applications in human domains.
- Promote the formation and supervision of Hungarian professionals in disciplines which embrace the principles and practices of contextual behavioral science.
- Coordinate efforts in order to create a database with Hungarian materials that contributes disseminating the best available scientific evidence on ACT and RFT.
- Promote the dissemination of Third-Wave Therapies both in the private arena and the public context, encouraging a new model of Mental Health in Hungary.
Description of Membership:
Members of the Association shall be persons who are interested in the advancement of functional contextual science and practice in Hungary.