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Walser, R., & Westrup, D. (2009). The Mindful Couple: How Acceptance and Mindfulness Can Lead You to the Love You Want. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Walser, R.D, & Westrup, D. (2006). Supervising trainees in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2(1), 12-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0100763

Walser, R.D. & O'Connell, M. (2021) Acceptance and commitment therapy and the therapeutic relationship: Rupture and repair. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77, 429– 440. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23114
Walser, R.D., Evans, W.R., Farnsworth, J.K., & Drescher, K.D. (2024). Initial steps in developing acceptance and commitment therapy for moral injury among combat veterans: Two pilot studies. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32, 100733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100733
Walton, C.J., Rasmussen, A., Villatte, M., Vilardaga Viera, R., Irwin, L., & Rossiter, R. A relational frame approach to perspective taking in persons with Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32, 100777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100777
Waltz, T. J., & Hayes, S. C. (2010). Acceptance and commitment therapy. In N. Kazantzis, M. A. Reinecke, & A. Freeman (Eds.), Cognitive behavioral theories in clinical practice (pp.148-192). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Wang, C., Guo, J., Shen, Y., & You, J. (2024). Suicide is my only way: The longitudinal reciprocal relations of experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, and suicidal ideation among adolescents. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 33, 100803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100803
Wang, J. & Fang, S. (2024). The developmental trajectory of college students’ psychological flexibility: Based on latent growth model. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32, 100765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100765
Wang, J., Zhang, C., Gao, Y., Wen, W., & Wang, F. (2016). Interventions by Mental Decontamination-Oriented Group Counseling in Lower Secondary School Orphan Students with High Self-Stigma Based on the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Chinese Journal of Special Education, 4, 84-89.
Wang, S., Zhou, Y., Yu, S., Ran, L., Liu, X., & Chen, Y. (2015). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy as treatments for academic procrastination: a randomized controlled group session. Research on Social Work Practice, 1049731515577890. doi: 10.1177/1049731515577890
Wang, S., Zhou, Y., Yu, S., Ran, L., Liu, X., & Chen, Y. (2017). Acceptance and commitment therapy and Cognitive–Behavioral therapy as treatments for academic procrastination: A randomized controlled group session. Research on Social Work Practice, 27(1), 48-58. doi:10.1177/1049731515577890
Wang, T. & Dymond, S. (2013). Event-related potential correlates of emergent inference in human arbitrary relational learning. Behavioural Brain Research 236, 332-343. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Wang, T., Dack, C., Whelan, R., McHugh, L. (2011) Preserved Nodal Number Effects under Equal Reinforcement. Learning and Behavior, 39, 224-238. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Wang, T., McHugh., L. & Whelan, R. (2012). A test of the discrimination account in equivalence class formation. Learning and Motivation. 43, 8-13.
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Wang, T., McHugh., L. & Whelan, R. (2012). A test of the discrimination account in equivalence class formation. Learning and Motivation. 43, 8-13.
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Wang, X. (2017). Application of acceptance and commitment therapy in patients with diabetic foot amputation. Chinese Nursing Research, 31(23), 2885-2888.
Wang, Y., Tarbox, J., Chastain, A. N., & Cameron, M. J. (2020). The effects of bilingual Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) on exercise in bilingual international university students. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 1-8. doi:10.1016
Ward, T. A. (2009). Piracy in Somalia: Interbehavioral assessment and intervention. Behavior & Social Issues, 18, 1-19. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Ward, T. A. (2009). Piracy in Somalia: Interbehavioral assessment and intervention. Behavior & Social Issues, 18, 1-19.
Wardley, M. N., Flaxman, P. E., Willig, C., & Gillanders, D. (2014). ‘Feel the Feeling’: Psychological practitioners’ experience of acceptance and commitment therapy well-being training in the workplace. Journal of Health Psychology, 1359105314557977. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Watanabe, T., Kondo, M., Sakai, M., & Akechi, T. (2023). Acceptance and commitment training for reducing burnout in medical students during a clinical clerkship in psychiatry and palliative care: A pilot study. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 30, 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.08.009
Waters, C. S., Frude, N., Flaxman, P. E., & Boyd, J. (2018). Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for clinically distressed health care workers: Waitlist-controlled evaluation of an ACT workshop in a routine practice setting. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 82-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12155
Watson C., Burley M.C., & Purdon C. (2010). Verbal Repetition in the Reappraisal of Contamination-Related Thoughts. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38(3), 337 - 353. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465810000196
Watt, A., Keenan, M., Barnes, D., & Cairns, E. (1991). Social categorization and stimulus equivalence. The Psychological Record, 41(1), 33-50. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Watt, A., Keenan, M., Barnes, D., & Cairns, E. (1991). Social categorization and stimulus equivalence. The Psychological Record, 41(1), 33-50.