A meta-analysis of the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy for children

By Shuanghu Fang, Dongyan Ding. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2020

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Abstract Compared to the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in the treatment of adult psychopathology, there are fewer empirical studies on children, which makes it difficult to summarize the use of ACT in children. The current study presented the results of a meta-analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the efficacy of ACT for 1189 children. Compared with treatment as usual (TAU) and waitlist, ACT significantly improved the symptoms of primary outcome measures such as anxiety and depression [SMD = −0.59, CI(-0.87, −0.31), p

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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