Assaz, Daniel A., Tyndall, Ian, Oshiro, Claudia K.B. and Roche, Bryan (2023) A Process-Based Analysis of Cognitive Defusion in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Behavior Therapy, 54 (6). pp. 1020-1035. ISSN 0005-7894
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Abstract
Cognitive defusion is among the main components of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a contextual behavioral approach to psychotherapy. Defusion serves as a middle-level term, and, as such, may be useful for applying and disseminating behavior science, despite its lower precision. However, some authors argue that for middle-level terms in psychotherapy to be useful to clinicians, they need to be clearly linked to basic behavioral concepts, with higher precision; and that this is not currently the case with defusion. Our objective is to increase the pragmatic utility of the concept of “cognitive defusion” by providing a more nuanced, multifaceted and process-based definition of the term. In order to do this, we surveyed the ACT literature regarding defusion and critically examined it through the lens of conceptual analysis. This culminated in a revised and updated conceptualization of defusion in terms of its relationship to basic behavioral concepts, in which defusion is an outcome that may be achieved through different processes.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | acceptance and commitment therapy; ACT; cognitive defusion; middle-level terms; behavioral processes; |
Academic Unit: | Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
Item ID: | 18515 |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.beth.2022.06.003 |
Depositing User: | Dr. Bryan Roche |
Date Deposited: | 14 May 2024 14:49 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Behavior Therapy |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/18515 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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