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Villarreal, Y. R., Stotts, A. L., Paniagua, S. M., Rosen, K., Eckmann, M., Suchting, R., & Potter, J. S. (2020). Mindfulness predicts current risk of opioid analgesic misuse in chronic low back pain patients receiving opioid therapy. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 111-116. doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.08.011
Villatte, J. L., Vilardaga, R., Villatte, M., Plumb Vilardaga, J. C., Atkins, D. C., & Hayes, S. C. (2016). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy modules: Differential impact on treatment processes and outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 77, 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.12.001 Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, J. L., Villatte, M., & Hayes, S. C. (2012). A naturalistic approach to transcendence: Deictic framing, spirituality, and pro-sociality. In L. McHugh & I. Stewart (Eds.), The self and perspective taking: Contributions and applications from modern behavioral science, (pp. 200-215). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Villatte, M. & Monestès, J.L. (2010). La Théorie des Cadres Relationnels: La place du Langage dans la Thérapie d'Acceptation et d'Engagement. Revue Québécoise de Psychologie, 31(3), 85-104. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M. (2015). Evaluating In‐Session Therapist and Client Behaviors from a Contextual Behavioral Science Perspective. The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science, 303-319.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., & Freixa i Baqué, E. (2009). L’étude de la Théorie de l’Esprit au sein de la Théorie des Cadres Relationnels : Une revue de la littérature sur les réponses relationnelles déictiques. Acta Comportamentalia, 17, 117-136. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2008). Assessing deictic relational responding in social anhedonia: A functional approach to the development of Theory of Mind impairments. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 4(4), 360-373. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2010). Adopting the perspective of another in belief attribution: Contribution of Relational Frame Theory to the understanding of impairments in schizophrenia. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41, 125-134. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2010). Assessing perspective taking in schizophrenia using Relational Frame Theory. The Psychological Record, 60, 413-424. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J. L, & Monestes, J. L. (2014). Understanding and using Relational Frame Theory in experiential clinical practice. In J. Stoddard & N. Afari (Eds). The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: The Complete Guide to ACT Metaphors and Experiential Exercises. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J. L., & Hayes, S. C. (2016). Mastering the clinical conversation: Language as intervention. New York: The Guilford Press.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J. L., & Hayes, S. C. (2018). A reticulated and progressive strategy for developing clinical applications of RFT. The Psychological Record, 68(1), 113–117.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J., & Hayes, S. C. (2019). Mastering the Clinical Conversation: Language as Intervention. New York: The Guilford Press.
Villirillo, C., Perdighe, C., Cirimbilla, E., & Franceschini, G. (2021). Promuovere la felicità: uno studio pilota con un campione di ragazzi con Disturbo Specifico di Apprendimento [Promoting happiness: a pilot study on adolescent’s sample population with Specific Learning Disorder]. Psicoterapia cognitiva e comportamentale, 27(1), 17-44. DOI: 10.14605/PCC2712102
Visdómine, C., & Luciano, M. C. (2002). Formación de locus de control por transferencia de funciones [Locus of control through transfer of functions]. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 2(1), 57-73. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Viskovich, S., & Pakenham, K. I. (2018). Pilot evaluation of a web-based acceptance and commitment therapy program to promote mental health skills in university students. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(12), 2047-2069. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22656
Viskovich, S., Pakenham, K., & Fowler, J. A. (2021). A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Experiential Intervention Exercises for Values and Committed Action from an Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Therapy Mental Health Promotion Program for University Students. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 22, 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.10.001
Vitale, A., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Campbell, C. (2008). Facilitating responding in accordance with the relational frame of comparison: Systematic empirical analyses. The Psychological Record, 58, 365-390. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Vogel, K., Gordon, P. C., & Neto, F. L. (2017). Acceptance and commitment therapy for closed spaces phobia: A randomized clinical trial. Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy / Revista Brasileira de Terapia Comportamental e Cognitiva, 19, 9-18.
Vowles, K. E., & McCracken, L. M. (2008). Acceptance and values-based action in chronic pain: A study of treatment effectiveness and process. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 397-407. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Vowles, K. E., & McCracken, L. M. (2010). Comparing the influence of psychological flexibility and traditional pain management coping strategies on chronic pain treatment outcomes. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 48, 141-146. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Vowles, K. E., Fink, B. C., & Cohen, L. L. (2014). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain: A diary study of treatment process in relation to reliable change in disability. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3(2), 74-80.
Vowles, K. E., McCracken, L. M., & Eccleston, C. (2007). Processes of behavior change in interdisciplinary treatment of chronic pain: Contributions of pain intensity, catastrophizing, and acceptance. European Journal of Pain, 11, 779-787. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Vowles, K. E., McCracken, L. M., & Eccleston, C. (2008). Patient functioning and catastrophizing in chronic pain: The mediating effects of acceptance. Health Psychology, 27, S136-S143. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Vowles, K. E., McCracken, L. M., & Zhao-O’Brien, J. (2011). Acceptance and values-based action in chronic pain: A three year follow-up analysis of treatment effectiveness and process. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 748-755.

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