Psychological distress and life satisfaction of high school students. School based ACT+FAP vs education as usual. N=94. Macías, J., Schlosser, K. K., Bond, F. W., Blanca, M. J., & Valero-Aguayo, L. (2022). Enhancing students' well-being with a unified approach based on contextual behavioural science
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This study examines the effects of a school-based intervention combining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) on psychological distress and life satisfaction in high school students. The research compares this unified contextual behavioral science approach against standard educational practices within a randomized experimental design involving 94 participants.
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- Juanjo Macías (Universidad Católica de Murcia), Károly Kornél Schlosser (University of London), Frank W. Bond (University of London), María J. Blanca (Universidad de Málaga), Luís Valero Aguayo (Universidad de Málaga)
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- 2022-05-03
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- 10.1111/aphw.12365
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@article{allodium:fdfeaca36b784f47,
title = {Psychological distress and life satisfaction of high school students. School based ACT+FAP vs education as usual. N=94. Macías, J., Schlosser, K. K., Bond, F. W., Blanca, M. J., \& Valero-Aguayo, L. (2022). Enhancing students' well-being with a unified approach based on contextual behavioural science},
author = {Juanjo Macías and Károly Kornél Schlosser and Frank W. Bond and María J. Blanca and Luís Valero Aguayo},
year = {2022},
journal = {ACBS},
doi = {10.1111/aphw.12365},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12365}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Psychological distress and life satisfaction of high school students. School based ACT+FAP vs education as usual. N=94. Macías, J., Schlosser, K. K., Bond, F. W., Blanca, M. J., & Valero-Aguayo, L. (2022). Enhancing students' well-being with a unified approach based on contextual behavioural science AU - Macías, Juanjo AU - Schlosser, Károly Kornél AU - Bond, Frank W. AU - Blanca, María J. AU - Aguayo, Luís Valero PY - 2022 PB - ACBS DO - 10.1111/aphw.12365 UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12365 ER -
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Macías, J., Schlosser, K. K., Bond, F. W., Blanca, M. J., & Aguayo, L. V. (2022). Psychological distress and life satisfaction of high school students. School based ACT+FAP vs education as usual. N=94. Macías, J., Schlosser, K. K., Bond, F. W., Blanca, M. J., & Valero-Aguayo, L. (2022). Enhancing students' well-being with a unified approach based on contextual behavioural science. ACBS. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12365
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