Last updated: March 2021
The following information will be provided about each study:
Trial area (e.g. Anxiety). Trial conditions (e.g. ACT vs. CBT). Total number of participants (e.g. N=48).
APA reference.
DOI (digital object identifier) if available.
Link to full text of study if available.
The explosion of ACT research in the developing and non-English speaking world presents a challenge to indexing, especially in languages that are not fully indexed in Web of Science and similar outlets. At times there is an English abstract but it may lack needed details, or there is no English abstract at all. It seems best in those conditions simply to state in this list what can be gleened from what is available.
If readers need additional information, the full article can be consulted and translated if necessary and/or the researcher can be contacted. The intent of this list is to add all randomized controlled trials of ACT that have appearred in the scientific literature, whether alone or in combination with other methods, under the label "ACT" or the many closely related terms such as "Acceptance-based behavior therapy" or "mindfulness-acceptance-commitment" and so on, regardless of outcome, langauge, or country of origin. Dissertations, theses, working papers, conference presentations, studies in book chapters, and so on are not listed until they appear in a scientific journal.
If you've found a study that is not on this list, please send a note to
missing dot studies@gmail.com. (The word "dot" in that address just is a period without leading and following spaces ... listing the address this way avoids spam).
If it is at all possible, please attach a pdf of the study itself, and in the text of your email list the reference and all authors in an APA style reference, provide the DOI number, and suggest a header that lists the trial area, conditions, and total number of participants using the way studies are presented here as a guide. If the update of the list is more than 3 months old (see the date at the top of the page) drop a reminder to update the list to the email address provided a few sentences ago
