Journal article
The importance of theory in cognitive behavior therapy: a perspective of contextual behavioral science
Behavior therapy, v 44(4), pp 580-591
Dec 2013
PMID: 24094783
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Abstract
For the past 30 years, generations of scholars of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) have expressed concern that clinical practice has abandoned the close links with theory that characterized the earliest days of the field. There is also a widespread assumption that a greater working knowledge of theory will lead to better clinical outcomes, although there is currently very little hard evidence to support this claim. We suggest that the rise of so-called "third generation" models of CBT over the past decade, along with the dissemination of statistical innovations among psychotherapy researchers, have given new life to this old issue. We argue that theory likely does matter to clinical outcomes, and we outline the future research that would be needed to address this conjecture.
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- Title
- The importance of theory in cognitive behavior therapy: a perspective of contextual behavioral science
- Creators
- James D Herbert - Drexel UniversityBrandon A Gaudiano - Butler HospitalEvan M Forman - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Behavior therapy, v 44(4), pp 580-591
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]; Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL) [Historical]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000325783100005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84884986769
- Other Identifier
- 991019168756704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychiatry
- Psychology, Clinical