The empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy: A review of meta-analyses
Gloster and colleagues review the meta-analytic evidence on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which has been evaluated in many randomised controlled trials across a broad range of target conditions. They include twenty meta-analyses reporting around a hundred controlled effect sizes, grouped by target condition and comparison group. This page reports the design and scope of the review only. The authors also note weaknesses and areas for future research.
Gloster and colleagues review the meta-analytic evidence on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which has been evaluated in many randomised controlled trials across a broad range of target conditions. They include twenty meta-analyses reporting around a hundred controlled effect sizes, grouped by target condition and comparison group. This page reports the design and scope of the review only. The authors also note weaknesses and areas for future research.
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Gloster, A. T., Walder, N., Levin, M. E., Twohig, M. P., & Karekla, M. (2020). The empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy: A review of meta-analyses. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 181-192