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Leonard-Curtin, A., & Leonard-Curtin, T. (2020). The Power of Small: Making Tiny Changes When Everything Feels Too Much. New York, NY: St. Martin's Essentials.
Leonidou, C., Panayiotou, G., Bati, A., & Karekla, M. (2019). Coping with psychosomatic symptoms: The buffering role of psychological flexibility and impact on quality of life. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(2), 175–187. doi: 10.1177/1359105316666657
Lester, E. G. & Murrell, A. R. (2019). Becoming Mindful of Measurement: an Experimental-Experiential Analogue Study of State Mindfulness Measures. Mindfulness, 10(10), 2133-2142. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01184-w
Lester, E. G., & Murrell, A. R. (2019). Mindfulness Interventions for College Students with ADHD: A Multiple Single Case Research Design. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 33(3), 199-220. doi: 10.1080/87568225.2018.1450107
Lester, E., Murrell, A., & Dickson, D. (2018). A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Conceptions of Mindfulness Meditation. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 3(4). 10.21926/obm.icm.1804026
Lev, A., & McKay, M. (2017). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples: A Clinician's Guide to Using Mindfulness, Values, and Schema Awareness to Rebuild Relationships. New Harbinger Publications.
Levin, M. E. (2013). Evaluating a prototype acceptance and commitment training web-based prevention program for depression and anxiety in college students (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Nevada, Reno, NV. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Levin, M. E., & Hayes, S. C. (2009). ACT, RFT, and contextual behavioral science. In J. T. Blackledge, J. Ciarrochi, & F. P. Deane (Eds.), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Contemporary research and practice (pp. 1-40). Sydney: Australian Academic Press.
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Levin, M. E., & Hayes, S. C. (2009). ACT, RFT, and contextual behavioral science. In J. T. Blackledge, J. Ciarrochi, & F. P. Deane (Eds.), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Contemporary research and practice (pp. 1-40). Sydney: Australian Academic Press.
Levin, M. E., & Villatte, M. (2015). Psychopathology and Laboratory-Based Intervention Studies in Contextual Behavioral Science. The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science, 347-364.
Levin, M. E., Haeger, J., & Cruz, R. (2018). Tailoring Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skill Coaching in the Moment Through Smartphones: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness, 10, 689-699. doi:10.1007/s12671-018-1004-2
Levin, M. E., Haeger, J., An, W., & Twohig, M. P. (2018). Comparing Cognitive Defusion and Cognitive Restructuring Delivered Through a Mobile App for Individuals High in Self-Criticism. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 42(6), 844-855. doi: 10.1007/s10608-018-9944-3
Levin, M. E., Haeger, J., Ong, C., & Twohig, M. P. (2018). An Examination of the Transdiagnostic Role of Delay Discounting in Psychological Inflexibility and Mental Health Problems. The Psychological Record, 68(2), 201-210. doi: 10.1007/s40732-018-0281-4.
Levin, M. E., Haeger, J., Pierce, B. G. & Twohig, M. P. (2017). Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy for mental health problems in college students: A randomized controlled trial. Behavior Modification, 41, 141-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445516659645
Levin, M. E., Hayes, S. C., & Waltz, T. (2010). Creating an implicit measure of cognition more suited to applied research: A test of the Mixed Trial - Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (MT-IRAP). International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 6, 245-261.
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Levin, M. E., Hayes, S. C., Pistorello, J., & Seeley, J. R. (2016). Web-based self-help for preventing mental health problems in universities: Comparing acceptance and commitment training to mental health education. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 72, 207-225. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22254
Levin, M. E., Hildebrandt, M., Lillis, J., & Hayes, S. C. (2012). The impact of treatment components suggested by the psychological flexibility model: A meta-analysis of laboratory-based component studies. Behavior Therapy, 43, 741-756. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Levin, M. E., Krafft, J., & Twohig, M. P. (2020). Examining processes of change in an online acceptance and commitment therapy dismantling trial with distressed college students. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 17, 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.05.001
Levin, M. E., Krafft, J., An, W., Ong, C. W., & Twohig, M. P. (2021). Preliminary findings on processes of change and moderators for cognitive defusion and restructuring delivered through mobile apps. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 20, 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.02.002
Levin, M. E., Krafft, J., Pierce, B., & Potts, S. (2018). When is experiential avoidance harmful in the moment? Examining global experiential avoidance as a moderator. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 61,158-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.07.005
Levin, M. E., Krafft, J., Pistorello, J., & Seeley, J. R. (2019). Assessing psychological inflexibility in university students: Development and validation of the acceptance and action questionnaire for university students (AAQ-US). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12, 199-206.
Levin, M. E., Lillis, J., & Biglan, A. (2015). The Potential of Community-Wide Strategies for Promoting Psychological Flexibility. The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science, 483-495.
Levin, M. E., Luoma, J. B., & Haeger, J. (2015). Decoupling as a mechanism of action in mindfulness and acceptance: A literature review. Behavior Modification 39(6), 870-911. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Levin, M. E., Luoma, J. B., Lillis, J., Hayes, S. C., & Vilardaga, R. (2014). The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - Stigma (AAQ-S): Developing a measure of psychological flexibility with stigmatizing thoughts. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3, 21-26.
Levin, M. E., Luoma, J. B., Vilardaga, R., Lillis, J., Nobles, R., & Hayes, S. C. (2015). Examining the role of psychological inflexibility, perspective taking, and empathic concern in generalized prejudice. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46, 180-191. Download restricted to ACBS members.