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| Zettle, R. D., & Hayes, S. C. (2002). Brief ACT treatment of depression. In F. Bond & W. Dryden (Eds.), Handbook of Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (pp. 35-54). Chichester, England: Wiley. | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zettle, R. D., & Rains, J. C. (1989). Group cognitive and contextual therapies in treatment of depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45, 438-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198905)45:3%3C436::AID-JCLP2270450314%3E3.0.CO;2-L | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zettle, R. D., Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Biglan, A. (2016). The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science. John Wiley & Sons. | More info | |
| Zettle, R. D., Hocker, T. R., Mick, K. A., Scofield, B. E., Petersen, C. L., Hyunsung S., & Sudarijanto, R. P. (2005). Differential strategies in coping with pain as a function of level of experiential avoidance. The Psychological Record, 55(4), 511-524. | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zettle, R. D., Petersen, C. L., Hocker, T. R., & Provines, J. L. (2007). Responding to a challenging perceptual-motor task as a function of level of experiential avoidance. The Psychology Record, 57, 49-62. | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zettle, R. D., Rains, J. C., & Hayes, S. C. (2011). Processes of change in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for depression: A mediational reanalysis of Zettle and Rains (1989). Behavior Modification, 35(3), 265 -283. | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zettle, R.D., Gird, S. R., Webster, B.K., Carrasquillo-Richardson, N., Swails, J.A., & Burdsal, C.A. (2019) The Self-as-Context Scale: Development and preliminary psychometric properties. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 10, Pages 64-74. | More info | |
| Zhang, C. Q., Chung, P. K., & Si, G. (2015). Assessing acceptance in mindfulness with direct-worded items: The development and initial validation of the athlete mindfulness questionnaire. Journal of Sport and Health Science. | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zhang, C. Q., Zhang, R., Lu, Y., Liu, H., Kong, S., Baker, J. S., & Zhang, H. (2020). Occupational Stressors, Mental Health, and Sleep Difficulty among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Roles of Cognitive Fusion and Cognitive Reappraisal. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 19, 64-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.12.004 | More info | |
| Zhang, C., Leeming, E., Smith, P., Chung, P. K., Hagger, M. S., & Hayes, S. C. (2017). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Health Behavior Change: A Contextually-driven Approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2350. | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zhang, H. (2020). Application of acceptance and commitment therapy combined with self-made elastic wide pocket in patients after hip replacement. Nursing Practice and Research, 2020(05), 76-78. | More info | |
| Zhang, J., Yin, C., Li, H., Wei, W., Gong, Y., & Tang, F. (2020). Application of Once-Monthly Self-Reported ACT Questionnaire in Management of Adherence to Inhalers in Outpatients with Asthma. Patient preference and adherence, 14, 1027–1036. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S176683 | More info | |
| Zhang, P., & Tani, S. (2023). Assessing the functions of Japanese words for self using the implicit relational assessment procedure. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 30, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.08.003 | More info | |
| Zhang, X., Ma, H., Lam, C.Y., Ho, G.W.K., & Mak, Y.W. (2023). Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on self-care, psychological symptoms, and quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 29, 46-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.05.007 | More info | |
| Zhao, C., Ren, Z., Jiang, G., & Zhang, L. (2022). Mechanisms of change in an internet-based ACT study for depression in China. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 24, 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.03.004 | More info | |
| Zhao, W., Liu, X., Deng, Y. & Wu, A.M.S. (2024). The effect and mechanism of acceptance and commitment therapy for young adults’ appearance-based rejection sensitivity and social comparison based on appearances: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 35, 100848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100848 | More info | |
| Zhao, W., Zhou, Y., Liu, X., & Ran, L. (2013). Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on depression. [Chinese]. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 21, 153-157. https://doi.org/10.16128/j.cnki.1005-3611.2013.01.012 | More info | |
| Zhou, Y., Wen X., Li, Y., Liu, L. & Li, Q. (2025). Confucian-informed ACT for psychological flexibility, mental health, and sleep in college students: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 35, 100868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100868 | More info | |
| Zhyvotovska A. I. (2025). КЛІНІКО-ДИНАМІЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ТРИВОЖНИХ РОЗЛАДІВ З ДИССОМНІЧНИМИ ПОРУШЕННЯМИ (ХРОНОБІОЛОГІЧНІ, ГЕНЕТИЧНІ ТА ЛІКУВАЛЬНО-РЕАБІЛІТАЦІЙНІ АСПЕКТИ) [Clinical and dynamic features of anxiety disorders with dyssomnic disorders (chronobiological, genetic and treatment and rehabilitation aspects)]. Dissertation: Poltava State Medical University, Poltava, Ukraine. | More info | |
| Zhyvotovska А., & Isakov Р. (2024). ЕФЕКТИВНІСТЬ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ГРУПОВОЇ ТЕРАПІЇ ПРИЙНЯТТЯ ТА ВІДПОВІДАЛЬНОСТІ У КОМПЛЕКСНОМУ ЛІКУВАННІ ПАЦІЄНТІВ З ТРИВОЖНИМИ РОЗЛАДАМИ ТАПОРУШЕННЯМИ СНУ [EFFECTIVENESS OF THE APPLICATION OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT GROUP THERAPY IN THE COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ANXIETY DISORDERS AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES]. Psychosomatic Medicine and General Practice, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.26766/pmgp.v9i1.474 | More info | |
| Ziaei, F., & Nicknami, M. (2017). The Effect of Acceptance Based and Commitment-Based Therapy on Body Image in Women Between the Ages of Thirty and Forty after Beauty Surgeries. The Razavi International Journal of Medicine, 5(3), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.5812/rijm.62159 | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Ziapour, A., Mahmoodi, F., Abadi, S. M. H. M., Azami, E., & Rezaei, M. (2017). Effectiveness of group counseling with acceptance and commitment therapy approach on couples’ marital adjustment. World Family Medicine, 15, 230-236. https://doi.org/10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93082 | More info | |
| Ziółkowska, A.M., Trusz, S., Bąbel, P. (2014). Techniki terapii behawioralnej bólu przewlekłego i ich skuteczność w świetle wyników metaanaliz. Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 23 (1), 10-16. | More info | |
| Zoalfaghari, A., Bahrami, H., & Ganji, K. (2018). A comparative analysis of acceptance-commitment and cognitive-behavioral interferences effectiveness on generalized anxiety disorder. Arak Medical University Journal, 20, 24-34. | Download restricted to ACBS members. | More info |
| Zou, J. Z., Wu, S. L., Yuan, X., Hu, Z. Z., Tang, J., & Hu, M.R. (2022). Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 720518. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.720518 | More info |