The Process of Learning Mindfulness and Acceptance through the Use of a Mobile App Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Grounded Theory Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Andrew Thomas Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment

scholarly journals Evaluating an Adjunctive Mobile App to Enhance Psychological Flexibility in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 846-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Levin ◽  
Jack Haeger ◽  
Benjamin Pierce ◽  
Rick A. Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Psychological Inflexibility ◽  
Program Satisfaction ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Potential Efficacy ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Coaching Approach

The primary aims of this study were to evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of a novel adjunctive mobile app designed to enhance the acquisition, strengthening, and generalization of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) skills being taught in therapy. A sample of 14 depressed/anxious clients receiving ACT used the ACT Daily app for 2 weeks in a pre–post, open trial design. Participants reported a high degree of program satisfaction. Clients significantly improved over the 2-week period on depression and anxiety symptoms as well as a range of psychological inflexibility measures. Analyses of mobile app data indicated effects of ACT Daily skill coaching on in-the-moment measures of inflexibility and symptoms, with unique effects found for acceptance and mindfulness. Adjunctive ACT mobile apps appear promising in enhancing therapy effects on psychological inflexibility and outcomes. A tailored skill coaching approach like ACT Daily based on randomly prompted assessments may be especially promising.

scholarly journals Graph theory analysis of induced neural plasticity post-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah K. Meier ◽  
Kimberly L. Ray ◽  
Noah C. Waller ◽  
Barry C. Gendron ◽  
Semra A. Aytur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Graph Theory ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Default Mode ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Graph Theory Analysis

AbstractChronic musculoskeletal pain affects the lives of over 50 million individuals in the United States, at a cost of more than $550 billion each year. Chronic pain leads to functional brain changes within those suffering from the condition. Not only does the primary pain network transform as the condition changes from acute to persistent pain, a state of hyper-connectivity also exists between the default mode, frontoparietal, and salience networks. Graph theory analysis has recently been used to investigate treatment-driven brain network changes. For example, current research suggests that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) may reduce the chronic pain associated hyper-connectivity between the default mode, frontoparietal, and salience networks, as well as within the salience network. This study extended previous work by examining the associations between the three networks above and a meta-analytically derived pain network. Results indicate decreased connectivity within the pain network (including left putamen, right insula, left insula, and right thalamus) in addition to triple network connectivity changes after the four-week Acceptance and Commitment therapy intervention.

scholarly journals A Randomized Controlled Trial of Multiple Versions of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Matrix App for Well-Being

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Krafft ◽  
Sarah Potts ◽  
Benjamin Schoendorff ◽  
Michael E. Levin
Keyword(s):  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment

Mobile apps may be useful in teaching psychological skills in a high-frequency, low-intensity intervention. The acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) matrix is a visual tool to help develop psychological flexibility by categorizing moment-to-moment experience and is well suited to a mobile app. This pilot study tested the effects of a simple and complex version of a novel app using the ACT matrix in two distinct samples: help-seeking individuals ( n = 35) and students receiving SONA credit ( n = 63). Findings indicated no differences between app conditions and a waitlist condition in the SONA credit sample. However, in the help-seeking sample, improvements were found on well-being and valued action in participants who used the app, with greater improvements and app adoption for those using a complex version with additional skills. A mobile app based on the ACT matrix has benefits for help-seeking individuals, but supplementary features may be necessary to support consistent use and benefits.

scholarly journals Optimizing an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Microintervention Via a Mobile App With Two Cohorts: Protocol for Micro-Randomized Trials

10.2196/17086 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e17086
Author(s):  
Emily B Kroska ◽  
Sydney Hoel ◽  
Amanda Victory ◽  
Susan A Murphy ◽  
Melvin G McInnis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Two Samples

Background Given gaps in the treatment of mental health, brief adaptive interventions have become a public health imperative. Transdiagnostic interventions may be particularly appropriate given high rates of medical comorbidity and the broader reach of transdiagnostic therapies. One such approach utilized herein is acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which is focused on increasing engagement with values, awareness, and openness to internal experiences. ACT theory posits that experiential avoidance is at the center of human suffering, regardless of diagnosis, and, as such, seeks to reduce unworkable experiential avoidance. Objective Our objective is to provide the rationale and protocol for examining the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of optimizing an ACT-based intervention via a mobile app among two disparate samples, which differ in sociodemographic characteristics and symptom profiles. Methods Twice each day, participants are prompted via a mobile app to complete assessments of mood and activity and are then randomly assigned to an ACT-based intervention or not. These interventions are questions regarding engagement with values, awareness, and openness to internal experiences. Participant responses are recorded. Analyses will examine completion of assessments, change in symptoms from baseline assessment, and proximal change in mood and activity. A primary outcome of interest is proximal change in activity (eg, form and function of behavior and energy consumed by avoidance and values-based behavior) following interventions as a function of time, symptoms, and behavior, where we hypothesize that participants will focus more energy on values-based behaviors. Analyses will be conducted using a weighted and centered least squares approach. Two samples will run concurrently to assess the capacity of optimizing mobile ACT in populations that differ widely in their clinical presentation and sociodemographic characteristics: individuals with bipolar disorder (n=30) and distressed first-generation college students (n=50). Results Recruitment began on September 10, 2019, for the bipolar sample and on October 5, 2019, for the college sample. Participation in the study began on October 18, 2019. Conclusions This study examines an ACT-based intervention among two disparate samples. Should ACT demonstrate feasibility and preliminary effectiveness in each sample, a large randomized controlled trial applying ACT across diagnoses and demographics would be indicated. The public health implications of such an approach may be far-reaching. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04098497; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04098497; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04081662; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04081662 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/17086

scholarly journals Optimizing an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Microintervention Via a Mobile App With Two Cohorts: Protocol for Micro-Randomized Trials (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily B Kroska ◽  
Sydney Hoel ◽  
Amanda Victory ◽  
Susan A Murphy ◽  
Melvin G McInnis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Two Samples

BACKGROUND Given gaps in the treatment of mental health, brief adaptive interventions have become a public health imperative. Transdiagnostic interventions may be particularly appropriate given high rates of medical comorbidity and the broader reach of transdiagnostic therapies. One such approach utilized herein is acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which is focused on increasing engagement with values, awareness, and openness to internal experiences. ACT theory posits that experiential avoidance is at the center of human suffering, regardless of diagnosis, and, as such, seeks to reduce unworkable experiential avoidance. OBJECTIVE Our objective is to provide the rationale and protocol for examining the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of optimizing an ACT-based intervention via a mobile app among two disparate samples, which differ in sociodemographic characteristics and symptom profiles. METHODS Twice each day, participants are prompted via a mobile app to complete assessments of mood and activity and are then randomly assigned to an ACT-based intervention or not. These interventions are questions regarding engagement with values, awareness, and openness to internal experiences. Participant responses are recorded. Analyses will examine completion of assessments, change in symptoms from baseline assessment, and proximal change in mood and activity. A primary outcome of interest is proximal change in activity (eg, form and function of behavior and energy consumed by avoidance and values-based behavior) following interventions as a function of time, symptoms, and behavior, where we hypothesize that participants will focus more energy on values-based behaviors. Analyses will be conducted using a weighted and centered least squares approach. Two samples will run concurrently to assess the capacity of optimizing mobile ACT in populations that differ widely in their clinical presentation and sociodemographic characteristics: individuals with bipolar disorder (n=30) and distressed first-generation college students (n=50). RESULTS Recruitment began on September 10, 2019, for the bipolar sample and on October 5, 2019, for the college sample. Participation in the study began on October 18, 2019. CONCLUSIONS This study examines an ACT-based intervention among two disparate samples. Should ACT demonstrate feasibility and preliminary effectiveness in each sample, a large randomized controlled trial applying ACT across diagnoses and demographics would be indicated. The public health implications of such an approach may be far-reaching. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04098497; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04098497; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04081662; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04081662 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/17086

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