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Overview

Jonathan W. Kanter is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their scholarly work spans a range of subfields including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their research topics cover multiple areas such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, racial and ethnic identity research, attachment and relationship dynamics, COVID-19 and mental health, mental health research topics, and behavioral and psychological studies.

Jonathan W. Kanter has published several papers in various academic venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Addressing microaggressions in racially charged patient-provider interactions: a pilot randomized trial (2020, BMC Medical Education)
  • An integrative contextual behavioral model of intimate relations (2020, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Adam M. Kuczynski
  • Katherine E. Manbeck
  • Mariah D. Corey
  • Monnica T. Williams
  • Daniel W. M. Maitland

Their research has appeared regularly in publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Race and Social Problems
  • BMC Medical Education
  • BMC Psychology

Jonathan W. Kanter has also contributed to book publications with titles including La práctica de la psicoterapia analítico-funcional published by ABA España eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and Drug-Dependence

    Marsha M. Linehan;Henry Schmidt;Linda A. Dimeff;J. Christopher Craft

  • What is behavioral activation? A review of the empirical literature.

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Rachel C. Manos;William M. Bowe;David E. Baruch

  • The Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS): Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Patrick S. Mulick;Andrew M. Busch;Kristoffer S. Berlin

  • The behavioral activation for depression scale-short form: development and validation.

    Rachel C. Manos;Jonathan W. Kanter;Wen Luo

  • A critical review of assessment strategies to measure the behavioral activation model of depression

    Rachel C. Manos;Jonathan W. Kanter;Andrew M. Busch;Andrew M. Busch

  • The nature of clinical depression: Symptoms, syndromes, and behavior analysis

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Andrew M. Busch;Cristal E. Weeks;Sara J. Landes

  • A Guide to Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Awareness, Courage, Love, and Behaviorism

    Mavis Tsai;Robert J. Kohlenberg;Jonathan W. Kanter;Barbara Kohlenberg

  • Enhancing cognitive therapy for depression with functional analytic psychotherapy: Treatment guidelines and empirical findings

    Robert J. Kohlenberg;Jonathan W. Kanter;Madelon Y. Bolling;Chauncey R. Parker

  • Behavioral Activation: Distinctive Features

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Andrew M. Busch;Laura C. Rusch

  • Depression self-stigma: a new measure and preliminary findings.

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Laura C. Rusch;Michael J. Brondino

  • Toward a Comprehensive Functional Analysis of Depressive Behavior: Five Environmental Factors and a Possible Sixth and Seventh

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Joseph D. Cautilli;Andrew M. Busch;David E. Baruch

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Behavioral Activation for the Treatment of Depression: Description and Comparison.

    Jonathan W. Kanter;David E. Baruch;Scott T. Gaynor

  • Validation of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS) in a Community Sample with Elevated Depressive Symptoms

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Laura C. Rusch;Andrew M. Busch;Sonya K. Sedivy

  • Sudden Gains and Outcome: A Broader Temporal Analysis of Cognitive Therapy for Depression

    Andrew M. Busch;Jonathan W. Kanter;Sara J. Landes;Robert J. Kohlenberg

  • A Micro-Process Analysis of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy's Mechanism of Change

    Andrew M. Busch;Jonathan W. Kanter;Glenn M. Callaghan;David E. Baruch

  • The effect of contingent reinforcement on target variables in outpatient psychotherapy for depression: a successful and unsuccessful case using functional analytic psychotherapy.

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Sara J. Landes;Andrew M. Busch;Laura C. Rusch

  • Initial Outcomes of a Culturally Adapted Behavioral Activation for Latinas Diagnosed with Depression at a Community Clinic.

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Azara L. Santiago-Rivera;Laura C. Rusch;Andrew M. Busch

  • Behavioural activation: history, evidence and promise.

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Ajeng J. Puspitasari;Maria M. Santos;Gabriela A. Nagy

  • A Randomized Hybrid Efficacy and Effectiveness Trial of Behavioral Activation for Latinos With Depression

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Azara L. Santiago-Rivera;María M. Santos;Gabriela Nagy

  • Behavior analytic conceptualization and treatment of depression: Traditional models and recent advances.

    Jonathan W. Kanter;Glenn M. Callaghan;Sara J. Landes;Andrew M. Busch

  • Behavioral Activation for Depression

    Jonathan W. Kanter;William M. Bowe;David E. Baruch;Andrew M. Busch

Frequent Co-Authors

Monnica T. Williams
Monnica T. Williams University of Ottawa
Bryan Roche
Bryan Roche National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Elizabeth F. Loftus University of California, Irvine
Robert W. Levenson
Robert W. Levenson University of California, Berkeley
Emily A. Butler
Emily A. Butler University of Arizona
William C. Follette
William C. Follette University of Nevada Reno
John P. Forsyth
John P. Forsyth University at Albany, State University of New York
Dirk Hermans
Dirk Hermans KU Leuven
Simon Dymond
Simon Dymond Swansea University
Melissa M. Norberg
Melissa M. Norberg Macquarie University

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