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<p>List of Contributors viii</p> <p>Prologue</p> <p>1 Examining the Partially Completed Crossword Puzzle: The Nature and Status of Contextual Behavioral Science 1<br /><i>Steven C. Hayes, Robert D. Zettle, Dermot Barnes?]Holmes, and Anthony Biglan</i></p> <p><b>Part I Contextual Behavioral Science: Nature, Strategy, and Current Status 7</b><br /><i>Steven C. Hayes</i></p> <p>2 Why Contextual Behavioral Science Exists: An Introduction to Part I 9<br /><i>Steven C. Hayes</i></p> <p>3 Contextual Behavioral Science: An Overview 17<br /><i>Michael E. Levin, Michael P. Twohig, and Brooke M. Smith</i></p> <p>4 Functional Contextualism and Contextual Behavioral Science 37<br /><i>Anthony Biglan and Steven C. Hayes</i></p> <p>5 Contextual Behavioral Science: Holding Terms Lightly 62<br /><i>Kelly G. Wilson</i></p> <p>6 Pragmatism and Psychological Flexibility in the Research Context: Applying Functional Contextualism to Scientific Methodology 81<br /><i>Douglas M. Long and Brandon T. Sanford</i></p> <p>7 A Functional Place for Language in Evolution: The Contribution of Contextual Behavioral Science to the Study of Human Evolution 100<br /><i>Jean?]Louis Monestès</i></p> <p><b>Part II Relational Frame Theory 115</b><br /><i>Dermot Barnes-Holmes</i></p> <p>8 Relational Frame Theory: Finding Its Historical and Intellectual Roots and Reflecting upon Its Future Development: An Introduction to Part II 117<br /><i>Dermot Barnes?]Holmes, Yvonne Barnes?]Holmes, Ian Hussey, and Carmen Luciano</i></p> <p>9 Relational Frame Theory: The Basic Account 129<br /><i>Sean Hughes and Dermot Barnes?]Holmes</i></p> <p>10 Relational Frame Theory: Implications for the Study of Human Language and Cognition 179<br /><i>Sean Hughes and Dermot Barnes?]Holmes</i></p> <p>11 Relational Frame Theory: Implications for Education and Developmental Disabilities 227<br /><i>Yvonne Barnes?]Holmes, Deirdre Kavanagh, and Carol Murphy</i></p> <p>12 RFT for Clinical Practice: Three Core Strategies in Understanding and Treating Human Suffering 254<br /><i>Niklas Törneke, Carmen Luciano, Yvonne Barnes?]Holmes, and Frank W. Bond</i></p> <p><b>Part III Contextual Approaches to Clinical Interventions and Assessment 273</b><br /><i>Robert D. Zettle</i></p> <p>13 Contextual Approaches to Clinical Interventions and Assessment: An Introduction to Part III 275<br /><i>Robert D. Zettle</i></p> <p>14 Contextual Approaches to Psychotherapy: Defining, Distinguishing, and Common Features 287<br /><i>James D. Herbert, Evan M. Forman, and Peter Hitchcock</i></p> <p>15 Evaluating In?]Session Therapist and Client Behaviors from a Contextual Behavioral Science Perspective 303<br /><i>Matthieu Villatte</i></p> <p>16 Measures That Make a Difference: A Functional Contextualistic Approach to Optimizing Psychological Measurement in Clinical Research and Practice 320<br /><i>Joseph Ciarrochi, Robert D. Zettle, Robert Brockman, James Duguid, Philip Parker, Baljinder Sahdra, and Todd B. Kashdan</i></p> <p>17 The Role of Experimental Psychopathology and Laboratory?]Based Intervention Studies in Contextual Behavioral Science 347<br /><i>Michael E. Levin and Matthieu Villatte</i></p> <p>18 Scientific Ambition: The Relationship between Relational Frame Theory and Middle?]Level Terms in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 365<br /><i>Yvonne Barnes?]Holmes, Ian Hussey, Ciara McEnteggart, Dermot Barnes?]Holmes, and Mairéad Foody</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Extending the CBS Tradition 383</b><br /><i>Anthony Biglan</i></p> <p>19 A Functional Contextualist Approach to Cultural Evolution: An Introduction to Part IV 385<br /><i>Anthony Biglan</i></p> <p>20 A Contextual Behavioral Science Approach to Parenting Intervention and Research 398<br /><i>Laura Backen Jones, Koa Whittingham, Lisa Coyne, and April Lightcap</i></p> <p>21 Contextual Behavioral Science and Education 422<br /><i>Thomas G. Szabo and Mark R. Dixon</i></p> <p>22 Psychological Flexibility and ACT at Work 459<br /><i>Frank W. Bond, Joda Lloyd, Paul E. Flaxman, and Rob Archer</i></p> <p>23 The Potential of Community?]Wide Strategies for Promoting Psychological Flexibility 483<br /><i>Michael E. Levin, Jason Lillis, and Anthony Biglan</i></p> <p>24 The Evolution of Capitalism 496<br /><i>Anthony Biglan, Jean Lee, and Christine Cody</i></p> <p>25 A Functional Contextualist Analysis of the Behavior and Organizational Practices Relevant to Climate Change 513<br /><i>Mark Alavosius, Donny Newsome, Ramona Houmanfar, and Anthony Biglan</i></p> <p>Epilogue</p> <p>26 The Future of the Human Sciences and Society 531<br /><i>Anthony Biglan, Robert D. Zettle, Steven C. Hayes, and Dermot Barnes?]Holmes</i></p> <p>Index 541</p>

<b>Robert D. Zettle</b> is Professor of Psychology at Wichita State University, USA. He serves on the editorial board of several journals including <i>Behavior Modification, International Journal of Behavioral Consultation & Therapy</i> and <i>The Psychological Record.</i> Professor Zettle has contributed many chapters to various books, and is the author of <i>ACT for Depression</i> (2007). <br /><br /><b>Steven C. Hayes</b> is Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, USA. An author of 36 books including the best selling <i>Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life</i> (2005), his research demonstrates how language and thought leads to human suffering. He developed <i>Acceptance and Commitment Therapy</i>, and <i>Relational Frame Theory</i>, a contextual approach to language and cognition. Dr. Hayes has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.<br /><br /><b>Dermot Barnes-Holmes</b> is foundation Professor of Psychology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, and is known for the analysis of human language and cognition through the development of Relational Frame Theory with Steven C. Hayes, and its application in various psychological settings. Professor Barnes-Holmes has published over 250 scientific articles, chapters and books.<br /><br /><b>Tony Biglan</b> is Professor of Psychology andDirector at the Center for Prevention of Problems in Early Adolescence at Oregon Research Institute, USA. His research over the past 30 years has helped to identify effective family, school, and community interventions to prevent the most common and costly problems of childhood and adolescence.

<i>The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science</i> is the first comprehensive examination of the philosophy, basic science, applied science, and applications of Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS), describing the philosophical and empirical foundation of the movement.<br /><br />The handbook is organized into four sections, offering extensive breadth and depth. Section One provides an overview of the defining features and current status of CBS. The development of relational frame theory (RFT) as a functional contextualistic account of human language and cognition and its implications for education and alleviating human suffering are addressed in Section Two. Section Three more specifically focuses on contextual approaches to clinical interventions and assessment, their distinguishing characteristics, and relationship to RFT. The extension of contextual strategies to the improvement of larger social systems, such as workplaces, schools, communities, and even entire societies, in supporting human functioning and well-being are the focus of Section Four. Organized and written in such a way that it can be read in its entirety or on a section-by-section basis, the text provides a thorough grounding for students in this comprehensive approach.

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