A behavioral approach to cognitions: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for childhood externalizing disorders.
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Acceptance and mindfulness interventions for children, adolescents, and families
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Publication Date
1-1-2008
First Page
163
Last Page
186
Abstract
There are many empirically supported approaches clinicians can use when working with children who struggle with externalizing problems. The present chapter highlights how traditional behavior therapies based on functional assessments can be augmented by integrating acceptance and commitment therapy- (ACT) based conceptualizations and strategies with children, their caregivers, or both. In particular, ACT seems to target some of the mechanisms that research suggests contribute to the maintenance of externalizing problems. Moreover, the methods that derive from an ACT conceptualization seem to go beyond contingency management or cognitive behavioral procedures. In general, ACT involves learning to accept the presence of private events, seeing them for what they are, and making commitments to engage in behaviors that are linked to larger valued behaviors. The purpose of this chapter is to orient clinicians and researchers to some ways these approaches might be developed and tested. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Recommended Citation
Twohig, M. P., Hayes, S. C., & Berlin, K. S. (2008). A behavioral approach to cognitions: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for childhood externalizing disorders. In L.A. Greco & S. C. Hayes (Eds.), Acceptance and mindfulness interventions for children, adolescents, and families (163-186). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
