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Acceptance and commitment therapy: a meta-analytic review.

Mark B Powers1, Maarten B Zum Vorde Sive Vording, Paul M G Emmelkamp

  • 1Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. markpow@mail.med.upenn.edu

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
|January 15, 2009
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) shows overall benefits compared to control groups. However, ACT is not yet proven more effective than established treatments for anxiety and depression.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Behavioral Therapy

Background:

  • Growing body of research on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) efficacy.
  • Need for a comprehensive meta-analysis to consolidate findings.
  • Comparison against various control conditions is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the overall effectiveness of ACT.
  • To compare ACT against waiting lists, psychological placebos, treatment as usual, and established therapies.
  • To analyze ACT's impact across different problem domains.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search yielding 18 randomized controlled trials (n=917).
  • Meta-analysis using Hedges's g for effect size calculation.
  • Interpretation based on Cohen's conventions for effect sizes.

Main Results:

  • ACT demonstrated a significant overall advantage over control conditions (g=0.42).
  • ACT outperformed waiting lists/placebos (g=0.68) and treatment as usual (g=0.42).
  • No significant difference found between ACT and established treatments (g=0.18, p=0.13); no superiority for anxiety/depression (g=0.03, p=0.84).

Conclusions:

  • ACT is effective for several conditions compared to controls.
  • Current evidence does not support ACT's superiority over established therapies.
  • Further research is needed to clarify ACT's efficacy in specific areas like distress.