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D-Index
153
Citations
129278
World Ranking
68
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Steven C. Hayes is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with an emphasis on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology.

The scientist's recent publications include work on the development and evolution of psychological therapies and processes of change. Notable papers are:

  • "Beyond linear mediation: Toward a dynamic network approach to study treatment processes" (2020, Clinical Psychology Review)
  • ""Third-wave" cognitive and behavioral therapies and the emergence of a process-based approach to intervention in psychiatry" (2021, World Psychiatry)
  • "Evolving an idionomic approach to processes of change: Towards a unified personalized science of human improvement" (2022, Behaviour Research and Therapy)
  • "A process-based approach to psychological diagnosis and treatment: The conceptual and treatment utility of an extended evolutionary meta model" (2020, Clinical Psychology Review)
  • "Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research" (2021, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science)

Frequently observed coauthors in their research include Stefan G. Hofmann, Joseph Ciarrochi, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Baljinder K. Sahdra, and Andrew T. Gloster.

Steven C. Hayes has published extensively in various academic outlets. The top venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • World Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Perspectivas em Análise do Comportamento
  • Clinical Psychology Review

In addition to journal articles, Steven C. Hayes has contributed to book publications through ABA España eBooks, including titles such as "Una Guía Práctica a la Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso" (2022) and "Teoría del marco relacional: Un enfoque postskinneriano de la cognición y el lenguaje humanos" (2021).

Their main research topics cover a range of areas within mental health and behavioral studies, including:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Steven C. Hayes was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

    Steven C. Hayes;Jason Lillis

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes and outcomes

    Stephen C. Hayes;Jason B. Luoma;Frank W. Bond;Akihiko Masuda

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change

    Steven C. Hayes;Kirk D. Strosahl;Kelly G. Wilson

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

    Steven C. Hayes;Kirk D. Strosahl;Kelly G. Wilson

  • Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II: a revised measure of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance.

    Frank W. Bond;Steven C. Hayes;Ruth A. Baer;Kenneth M. Carpenter

  • Experiential avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment.

    Steven C. Hayes;Kelly G. Wilson;Elizabeth V. Gifford;Victoria M. Follette

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the Third Wave of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

    Steven C. Hayes

  • Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account Of Human Language And Cognition

    Yvonne Barnes-Holmes;Steven C. Hayes;Dermot Barnes-Holmes;Bryan Roche

  • Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model

    Steven C. Hayes;Kirk Strosahl;Kelly G. Wilson;Richard T. Bissett

  • Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition.

    Steven C. Hayes;Victoria M. Follette;Marsha M. Linehan

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Contextual Behavioral Science: Examining the Progress of a Distinctive Model of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy

    Steven C. Hayes;Michael E. Levin;Jennifer C. Plumb-Vilardaga;Jennifer L. Villatte

  • The use of acceptance and commitment therapy to prevent the rehospitalization of psychotic patients: A randomized controlled trial.

    Patricia Bach;Steven C. Hayes

  • The Scientist Practitioner: Research and Accountability in Clinical and Educational Settings

    David H. Barlow;Steven C. Hayes;Rosemery O. Nelson

  • A practical guide to acceptance and commitment therapy.

    Steven C. Hayes;Kirk D. Strosahl

  • Open, aware, and active: contextual approaches as an emerging trend in the behavioral and cognitive therapies.

    Steven C. Hayes;Matthieu Villatte;Michael E. Levin;Mikaela J. Hildebrandt

  • Improving diabetes self-management through acceptance, mindfulness, and values: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jennifer A. Gregg;Glenn M. Callaghan;Steven C. Hayes;June L. Glenn-Lawson

  • Alternating treatments design: one strategy for comparing the effects of two treatments in a single subject.

    David H. Barlow;Steven C. Hayes

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Unified Model of Behavior Change

    Steven C. Hayes;Jacqueline Pistorello;Michael E. Levin

  • Learning ACT: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists

    Jason B. Luoma;Steven C. Hayes;Robyn D. Walser

  • Rule-governed behavior : cognition, contingencies, and instructional control

    Steven C. Hayes

  • Single-case research designs: Methods for clinical and applied settings : by A.E. Kazdin Oxford University Press, New York, 1982

    Steven C. Hayes

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly G. Wilson
Kelly G. Wilson University of Mississippi
Dermot Barnes-Holmes
Dermot Barnes-Holmes University of Ulster
Jason B. Luoma
Jason B. Luoma Oregon Health & Science University
Michael P. Twohig
Michael P. Twohig Utah State University
John R. Seeley
John R. Seeley University of Oregon
Stefan G. Hofmann
Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg
Akihiko Masuda
Akihiko Masuda University of Hawaii at Manoa
Anthony Biglan
Anthony Biglan Oregon Research Institute
Frank W. Bond
Frank W. Bond Goldsmiths University of London
Bryan Roche
Bryan Roche National University of Ireland, Maynooth

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