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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Relational Frame Theory"”.
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Using Relational Frame Theory to Teach Prepositions to Children with Autism
… present study evaluated the efficacy of using a relational training method adapted from the PEAK-Transformation module to teach the non-arbitrary and arbitrary use of prepositions “close” and “far” to three children with autism. Participants 1 and 2 were able to demonstrate the non-arbitrary, …
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Relational frame theory and human intelligence: a conceptual and empirical analysis
… thesis builds upon developments in the field of Relational Frame Theory (RFT), which has proposed a behavioural re-examination of the widely used concept of intelligence in terms of derived relational responding (DRR). In the first chapter the concept of intelligence is explored theoretically …
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Stop Making Sense: Exploring Basic Properties and Clinical Applications of Coherence
… contexts where coherent responding is possible. Relational frame theory contains a foundational assumption that coherence (i.e., making sense) is reinforcing for verbally competent humans. That is, it is assumed that humans relate ambiguous stimuli in ways that go together because they have an …
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An essay in natural modal logic
A generalized inclusion (g.i.) frame consists of a set of points (or "worlds") W and an assignment of a binary relation Rw on W to each point w in W. generalized inclusion frames whose Rw are partial orders are called comparison frames. Conditional logics of various comparative notions, for …
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Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Decrease High-Prevalence Psychopathology by Targeting Self-Compassion: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… to psychological functioning, Neff's theory is not based on a basic science of behavior change and may therefore be limited in its utility to inform treatment development. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an acceptance-based behavioral treatment modality that is informed by a …
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An Evaluation of Multiple Exemplar Instruction to Teach Perspective-Taking Skills to Young Adults with Autism: Deictic Framing and Cognitive Defusion
… to respond appropriately to the deictic frames of I-You, Here-There, and Now-Then. Participants were instructed and tested using developmentally appropriate perspective-taking protocols, and generalization of perspective-taking skills to a more natural social interaction format was also …
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Self-as-context moderation of relationship fusion: A comparison of intimate and familial relationship impact on weight concern
… in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and relational frame theory (RFT), eight models were constructed to evaluate influence of important others when absent or present and when moderated by self-as-context, racial and ethnic background and in multiple moderation models analyses using data …
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Assessing the Efficacy of a Relational Skills Training Intervention in Improving Intellectual Function in a Sample of High IQ Adults
Recent advances in Relational Frame Theory have proposed that levels of sophistication with relational concepts may be of fundamental importance to intelligent behaviour. Furthermore, previous investigations have implicated the efficacy of relational skills intervention in improving intellectual …
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The Induction of Emergent Relations in Children with Severe Cognitive and Language Delays
… defined as transitivity by Stimulus Equivalence theory or as combinatorial entailment in Relational Frame Theory. In Experiment I, the participants were 4 children diagnosed with autism who also demonstrated significant cognitive and language delays, who were selected for the experiment because …
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Mind reading as behaviour reading: Behavour analysis and perspective taking
Theory of Mind (ToM) presents perspective-taking as an ability to infer another person’s mental state. Researchers in various fields have searched for evidence of ToM in both human and non-human subjects; however, this approach is highly “mentalistic,” and rarely scrutinized in the relevant …
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AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF FEEDBACK AND ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT TRAINING ON DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVE TREATMENT IMPLEMENTATION, STRESS, AND JOB SATISFACTION
Relational Frame Theory (RFT; Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, and Roche, 2001) describes verbal contingencies as networks of relations between overt and covert stimuli. RFT posits that the ability to form these relational networks is a key component of language and cognition. These relations can become …
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Analysing Relational Responding Skills and Verbal Ability in Children with Autism, and Typically-developing Children
… the integration of Skinner’s Verbal Behaviour theory with Relational Frame Theory (Hayes, Barnes-Holmes & Roche, 2001), a modern behavioural language theory. A body of research now demonstrates the effective facilitation of derived relational responding in children with developmental …
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Examining the Effects of Verbal Stimuli on Cooperative Responding under a Competing Financial Contingency
… for an individual (Ju & Hayes, 2008). Implicit relational responses are brief, immediate, relational responses (BIRRs) occurring with respect to specific classes of verbal stimuli present in an individual's environment (Dymond & Roche, 2013). In contrast, explicit responses are referred to as …
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Training Emotion Recognition Skills In Children On The Autism Spectrum Using Derived Relational Responding
… stimuli and contexts. The application of derived relational responding to interventions has been shown to be an efficient and effective way of producing generalized behaviors in both typically developing and developmentally delayed populations (Healy, Barnes-Holmes, & Smeets, 2000; Rehfeldt & …
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Targeting Psychological Flexibility in Youth to Enhance Health-Related Behaviors
… curricula have demonstrated efficacy within a framework providing multi-tiered systems of support and represent promising methods for addressing youth mental health with a broad scope. Unfortunately, implementation of social emotional learning curricula presents multiple barriers to …
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An Empirical Investigation of Self: Bridging the Gap between ACT, Mindfulness and RFT
… the potential role of concepts derived from relational frame theory (RFT) in enhancing self as context techniques. Experiment 1 systematically compared a single-sentence preparation first proposed by Rachman, Shafran, Mitchell, Trant and Teachman (1996) to a multi-sentence distress induction …
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Developing the Function Acquisition Speed Test: Using a Functional Research Approach to Build a Novel Implicit Test
… phenomena of stimulus equivalence and derived relational responding, and reviews the links between these concepts and complex human behaviour such as attitudes. The seminal study by Watt et al. (1991) is also described. In that study, the researchers attempted to train subjects to form two …