What the ACT?!
ACT focuses on becoming...more psychologically rigid OR more psychologically flexible
More Psychologically Flexible
3
Describe what values-directed behavior means.
Values-directed behavior was defined as any action resulting in a tangible outcome directly related to an individual parent-identified value
Each participant received ____ number of sessions.
6
Give an example of an unhelpful thought a parent might have when their child is having a public tantrum.
I'm a bad parent!
Name the (6) core processes of the ACT Hexaflex.
Defusion, Acceptance, Present Moment, Self as Context, Values, Commited Action
Name the participant who was 35 years old with 2 children.
Who identified behaviors to target?
Trainer and Parent
____ trainer(s) were assigned to each participant.
1
It is called ____ when a person believes that thoughts are literal and "not just thoughts."
Cognitive fusion
Steven Hayes
Participant Hannah's son was named...
Sam
Sarah valued "child autonomy." Give an example.
Child going to different isles in a store, using a public restroom, waiting in the car, going to a friend's house, walking around the neighborhood, without supervision.
Name one assessment used.
Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, Self-Compassion Scale, Family Impact of Childhood Disability Scale
In the ACT world, when a person experiences an aversive thought and attempts to behave in a way to avoid or terminate those private events, it is called_____.
Experiential avoidance
Describe Acceptance.
Acceptance can be conceptualized as “an approach response and/or the absence of an escape response in respect to aversive stimulation – unconditioned, conditioned, or derived”
Number of participants that were single parents.
Zero!
Gemma valued "quality joyful moments together as a family." Give an example.
Eating dinner together, playing together at home, going for walks in the neighborhood, having a BBQ, going to a community event.
The first skills training session focused on ______.
The first skills-training session focused on establishing basic Table 2 ACT skills targeted with exercise examples for training mindfulness skills, and introduced parents to the nature and problem of “control” strategies
I'm not good enough, I can't do this, I'm a bad parent
Describe Defusion.
Defusion procedures aim to reduce cognitive fusion by disrupting the narrow, rigid functions that one's thoughts currently have and establish a broader, more flexible repertoire of responding to one's own thoughts as private stimuli
Sarah was ___ years old.
52
Hannah valued "creating a balanced parenting partnership." Give an example.
Husband putting child to sleep, playing with child, feeding child breakfast without supervision
The final session focused on____.
The final training session focused on exercises to promote self-care, including self-compassion, and defusion. Parents also discussed and engaged in problem-solving with respect to potential barriers to the maintenance and generalization of newly acquired ACT skills. A