In:
Psychological Science, SAGE Publications, Vol. 8, No. 3 ( 1997-05), p. 170-173
Abstract:
Experiential avoidance is the attempt to escape or avoid certain private experiences, such as particular feelings, memories, behavioral predispositions, or thoughts In this article, we discuss evidence that experiential avoidance is both pervasive and often harmful to human functioning We argue that experiential avoidance can be explained by two verbal processes, and we provide basic behavioral evidence on both the bidirectionality of derived stimulus relations in verbal humans and the insensitivity to the effects of responding produced by verbal rules If this analysis is correct, experiential avoidance is built into human language and thus can be undermined only with difficulty
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0956-7976
,
1467-9280
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00405.x
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1997
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2022256-7
SSG:
5,2
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