Luciano, Carmen and Molina, Francisco and Gutiérrez-Martínez, Olga and Barnes-Holmes, Dermot and Valdivia-Salas, Sonsoles and Cabello, Francisco and Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne and Rodríguez-Valverde, Miguel and Wilson, Kelly G.
(2010)
The Impact of Acceptance-Based Versus Avoidance-Based
Protocols on Discomfort.
Behavior Modification, 34 (2).
pp. 94-119.
ISSN 0145-4455
Abstract
This study aimed to isolate the conditions under which aversive stimulation
is experienced as more or less discomforting/unpleasant. Discomfort was
induced by playing loud noises through headphones while participants
performed computer tasks. We employed 4 main conditions. Condition
1: the acceptance-based protocol (ACT), intended to integrate discom-
fort in a valued direction, was implemented before the Inclusion Task (task
performance could continue despite the presence of the noise). Subse-
quently, the experiential avoidance-based protocol (EA), intended to pro-
mote a relation of opposition between discomfort and valued actions, was
implemented before the Opposition Task (task performance was suspended
until the participants eliminated the sounds). Condition 2: this order was
reversed. Conditions 3 and 4: the tasks were presented without any proto-
col. The ACT protocol produced the lowest level of discomfort, particularly
when it was implemented before participants had experimental experience
in trying to control discomfort. Two postcontrol conditions confirmed this
result. Implications for prevention and treatment of psychological suffering
are discussed.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
acceptance; values; avoidance; discomfort; prevention; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: |
4980 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445509357234 |
| Depositing User: |
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes
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| Date Deposited: |
22 May 2014 10:57 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Behavior Modification |
| Publisher: |
SAGE Publications (UK and US) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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