Skip to main content

Relational Frame Theory (RFT)

The PIIRAP: An alternative scoring algorithm for the IRAP using a probabilistic semiparametric effect size measure

Volume 7, January 2018, Pages 97-103

Authors:

Maarten De Schryver, Ian Hussey, Jan De Neve, Aoife Cartwright, Dermot Barnes-Holmes

Abstract:


From the IRAP and REC model to a multi-dimensional multi-level framework for analyzing the dynamics of arbitrarily applicable relational responding

Volume 6, Issue 4, October 2017, Pages 434-445

Authors:

Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Carmen Luciano, Ciara McEnteggart

Abstract:


Introduction to the special issue on conceptual developments in relational frame theory: Background, content, and the challenge going forward

Volume 12, April 2019, Pages 355-357

Authors:

Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Ian Stewart Thomas Parling

Abstract:


Special Issue on Conceptual Developments in Relational Frame Theory: Research and Practice

This Special Issue consists of articles on innovations and implications of Relational Frame Theory (RFT).

Guest Editors:
Dermot Barnes-Holmes - Ghent University, Belgium
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes - Ghent University, Belgiumv Ian Stewart - National University of Ireland, Ireland
Thomas Parling - Karolinska Institute, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Sweden


Introduction to the special issue on conceptual developments in relational frame theory: Background, content, and the challenge going forward (Pages 355-357)

Volume 12, April 2019, Pages 355-357
(Special Issue on Conceptual Developments in Relational Frame Theory: Research and Practice)

Authors:
Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Ian Stewart, Thomas Parling


Pennie, B., Kelly, M. E. (2018) An examination of generalised implicit biases towards ‘wanting more’ as a proxy measure of materialistic behaviour: A Relational Frame Theory (RFT) perspective.

The research investigated the contextual effects of mood on implicit measures of ‘wanting more’ as a proxy of materialism and investigated the basic verbal processes underpinning this behaviour. Sixty university students were recruited to participate. Participants were exposed to either a positive (n = 21), negative (n = 20) or neutral (n = 19) mood induction procedure; an Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) examining biases towards wanting more or less; and questionnaires assessing life satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Scale; SWLS), materialism (Material Values Scale; MVS), and positive and negative affect (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; PANAS).


Barnes-Holmes, Y., Boorman, J., Oliver, J. E., Thompson, M., McEnteggart, C., & Coulter, C. (2018). Using conceptual developments in RFT to direct case formulation and clinical intervention: Two case summaries

The current paper is part of an ongoing effort to better connect RFT with the complexities of clinical phenomena. The paper outlines two broad areas, referred to as ‘verbal functional analysis’ and the ‘drill-down’, in which we believe the basic theory is showing increasingly direct application to therapy. The paper also comprises two case summaries in which verbal functional analysis and the drill-down featured strongly in case formulation and clinical focus. Case 1 involves an adult woman who presented with paranoia, had been diagnosed with psychosis, and had an extended history of familial and other abuse. Case 2 describes a teenager who had been placed in foster care, following parental neglect.


Using conceptual developments in RFT to direct case formulation and clinical intervention: Two case summaries

Authors:

Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, John Boorman, Joseph E. Oliver, Miles Thompson, Ciara McEnteggart, & Carlton Coulter

Abstract:


The Impact of Mindfulness and Perspective-Taking on Implicit Associations Toward the Elderly: a Relational Frame Theory Account

Perspective-taking interventions have been shown to improve attitudes toward social outgroups. In contrast, similar interventions have produced opposite effects (i.e., enhanced negativity) in the context of attitudes toward elderly groups. The current study investigated whether a brief perspective-taking intervention enhanced with mindfulness would be associated with less negativity than perspective-taking alone. One hundred five participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 conditions which comprised of an active or control perspective-taking component and an active or control mindfulness component. Participants were then administered an Implicit Associated Test to assess implicit biases toward the elderly.


Subscribe to Relational Frame Theory (RFT)