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| Akihiko MasudaSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Impact of acceptance and commitment therapy versus education on stigma toward people with psychological disordersAkihiko Masuda
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 0062, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:2764-72. 2007..Acceptance could be an important avenue of exploration for stigma researchers...- The role of body image flexibility in the relationship between disordered eating cognitions and disordered eating symptoms among non-clinical college studentsJohanna W Wendell
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Eat Behav 13:240-5. 2012..Employing two cross-sectional studies, the present paper investigated whether body image flexibility (BIF), a specific type of psychological flexibility, mediates the relations between DE cognitions and overall DE pathology... - Teaching acceptance and mindfulness to improve the lives of the obese: a preliminary test of a theoretical modelJason Lillis
Department of Psychology 298, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA
Ann Behav Med 37:58-69. 2009..Obesity is a growing epidemic. Weight control interventions can achieve weight loss, but most is regained over time. Stigma and low quality of life are significant problems that are rarely targeted... - Pain intensity, psychological inflexibility, and acceptance of pain as predictors of functioning in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a preliminary investigationAmanda B Feinstein
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302 5010, USA
J Clin Psychol Med Settings 18:291-8. 2011.... - Acceptance and commitment therapy: model, processes and outcomesSteven C Hayes
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 0062, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:1-25. 2006..There are not enough well-controlled studies to conclude that ACT is generally more effective than other active treatments across the range of problems examined, but so far the data are promising... - A preliminary investigation of acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for chronic skin pickingMichael P Twohig
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Mail Stop 298, Reno, NV 89557 0062, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:1513-22. 2006..Results support the construction of more comprehensive ACT protocols for skin picking... - Cognitive defusion versus thought distraction: a clinical rationale, training, and experiential exercise in altering psychological impacts of negative self-referential thoughtsAkihiko Masuda
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA
Behav Modif 34:520-38. 2010..The positive results of the Full-Defusion condition were also found among participants with elevated depressive symptoms... - A case study: Acceptance and commitment therapy for pediatric sickle cell diseaseAkihiko Masuda
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 36:398-408. 2011..This study describes ACT for improving functioning and quality of life for an adolescent with SCD and his parents... - Mindfulness mediates the relation between disordered eating-related cognitions and psychological distressAkihiko Masuda
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Eat Behav 11:293-6. 2010..Mindfulness, which was also inversely related to general psychological ill-health and emotional distress, was found to partially mediate the relations between disordered eating-related cognitions and the two predicted variables... - Disordered eating-related cognition and psychological flexibility as predictors of psychological health among college studentsAkihiko Masuda
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Behav Modif 34:3-15. 2010..Finally, psychological flexibility accounted for the proportion of variance of these negative psychological variables greater than did disordered eating-related cognition... - Increasing willingness to experience obsessions: acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorderMichael P Twohig
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 0062, USA
Behav Ther 37:3-13. 2006..All participants found the treatment to be highly acceptable. Implications and future directions are discussed... - The role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between self-concealment and disordered eating symptomsAkihiko Masuda
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, GA 30303, USA
Eat Behav 12:131-5. 2011..Finally, psychological flexibility was found to mediate the association between self-concealment and DE symptoms after accounting for gender, ethnic background, and body mass index (BMI)... - Cognitive defusion and self-relevant negative thoughts: examining the impact of a ninety year old techniqueAkihiko Masuda
University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0062, USA
Behav Res Ther 42:477-85. 2004..The cognitive defusion technique reduced both discomfort and believability more so than the comparison approaches. Control studies showed that the effect was probably not due to demand characteristics... 
Peer-mediated reinforcement plus prompting as treatment for off-task behavior in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorderWilliam A Flood
University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 35:199-204. 2002..Peer-mediated reinforcement plus prompting was then used to reduce off-task behavior in a simulated classroom environment. Implications for future applications of this procedure with children diagnosed with ADHD are discussed...