Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research

Steven C. Hayes; Rhonda M. Merwin; Louise McHugh; Emily K. Sandoz; Jacqueline G.L. A-Tjak; Francisco J. Ruiz; Dermot Barnes-Holmes; Jonathan B. Bricker; Joseph Ciarrochi; Mark R. Dixon; Kenneth Po Lun Fung; Andrew T. Gloster; Robyn L. Gobin; Evelyn R. Gould; Stefan G. Hofmann; Rosco Kasujja; Maria Karekla; Carmen Luciano; Lance M. McCracken

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.03.007

Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research

Steven C. Hayes, Rhonda M. Merwin, Louise McHugh, Emily K. Sandoz, Jacqueline G.L. A-Tjak, Francisco J. Ruiz, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Jonathan B. Bricker, Joseph Ciarrochi, Mark R. Dixon, Kenneth Po Lun Fung, Andrew T. Gloster, Robyn L. Gobin, Evelyn R. Gould, Stefan G. Hofmann, Rosco Kasujja, Maria Karekla, Carmen Luciano, Lance M. McCracken

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Throughout its history the strategy and tactics of contextual behavioral science (CBS) research have had distinctive features as compared to traditional behavioral science approaches. Continued progress in CBS research can be facilitated by greater clarity about how its strategy and tactics can be brought to bear on current challenges. The present white paper is the result of a 2 1/2-year long process designed to foster consensus among representative producers and consumers of CBS research about the best strategic pathway forward. The Task Force agreed that CBS research should be multilevel, process-based, multidimensional, prosocial, and pragmatic, and provided 33 recommendations to the CBS community arranged across these characteristics. In effect, this report provides a detailed research agenda designed to maximize the impact of CBS as a field. Scientists and practitioners are encouraged to mount this ambitious agenda.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	172-183
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.03.007
State	Published - Apr 2021

Keywords

Idiographic research
Processes of change
Prosocial research
Research quality
Research strategy
Social justice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Applied Psychology
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Behavioral Neuroscience

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Hayes, S. C., Merwin, R. M., McHugh, L., Sandoz, E. K., A-Tjak, J. G. L., Ruiz, F. J., Barnes-Holmes, D., Bricker, J. B., Ciarrochi, J., Dixon, M. R., Fung, K. P. L., Gloster, A. T., Gobin, R. L., Gould, E. R., Hofmann, S. G., Kasujja, R., Karekla, M., Luciano, C., & McCracken, L. M. (2021). Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 20, 172-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.03.007

Hayes, SC, Merwin, RM, McHugh, L, Sandoz, EK, A-Tjak, JGL, Ruiz, FJ, Barnes-Holmes, D, Bricker, JB, Ciarrochi, J, Dixon, MR, Fung, KPL, Gloster, AT, Gobin, RL, Gould, ER, Hofmann, SG, Kasujja, R, Karekla, M, Luciano, C & McCracken, LM 2021, 'Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research', Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, vol. 20, pp. 172-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.03.007

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