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William C. Follette is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on Psychology, with particular contributions to Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Psychology, and Literature and Literary Theory.

The scope of their work covers various topics within these fields, including:

  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Cognitive and Psychological Constructs Research
  • Communication in Education and Healthcare
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

William C. Follette has authored several recent papers, reflecting interests in interpersonal effectiveness, behavioral therapy, and process-based therapy mechanisms. Notable publications include:

  • "Avatar led interventions in the Metaverse reveal that interpersonal effectiveness can be measured, predicted, and improved," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Interpersonal Behavior Therapy (IBT), Functional Assessment, and the Value of Principle-Driven Behavioral Case Conceptualizations," 2020, The Psychological Record
  • "Linking process to outcome in Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Evaluating the behavioral mechanism of change of a process-based therapy," 2022, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • "Quando o amor não é suficiente," 2020, Revista Brasileira de Terapia Comportamental e Cognitiva
  • "Avatars help measure, predict, and improve interpersonal effectiveness," 2022, Research Square

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Follette include Arjun Nagendran, Scott N. Compton, Artem Golenchenko, Anna Compton, and Jonathan Grizou. Publications have appeared in venues such as Scientific Reports, The Psychological Record, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, Revista Brasileira de Terapia Comportamental e Cognitiva, and Research Square.

Best Publications

  • Psychotherapy outcome research: Methods for reporting variability and evaluating clinical significance

    Neil S. Jacobson;William C. Follette;Dirk Revenstorf

  • Variability in outcome and clinical significance of behavioral marital therapy: A reanalysis of outcome data.

    Neil S. Jacobson;William C. Follette;Dirk Revenstorf;Donald H. Baucom

  • “I can’t get no satisfaction”: Insecure attachment, inhibited sexual communication, and sexual dissatisfaction

    Deborah Davis;Phillip R. Shaver;Keith F. Widaman;Michael L. Vernon

  • Models of scientific progress and the role of theory in taxonomy development: a case study of the DSM.

    William C. Follette;Arthur C. Houts

  • Reactivity to positive and negative behavior in distressed and nondistressed married couples.

    Neil S. Jacobson;William C. Follette;Debbie W. McDonald

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

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

  • A radical behavioral understanding of the therapeutic relationship in effecting change

    William C. Follette;Amy E. Naugle;Glenn M. Callaghan

  • Attributional processes in distressed and nondistressed married couples

    Neil S. Jacobson;Debbie Waggoner McDonald;William C. Follette;Robert A. Berley

  • Toward a standard definition of clinically significant change

    Neil S. Jacobson;William C. Follette;Dirk Revenstorf

  • Predicting who will benefit from behavioral marital therapy.

    Neil S. Jacobson;William C. Follette;Mark Pagel

  • Individual predictors of outcome in group treatment for incest survivors.

    Victoria M. Follette;Pamela C. Alexander;William C. Follette

  • Clinical significance of improvement resulting from two behavioral marital therapy components

    Neil S. Jacobson;William C. Follette

  • Stressing the (Other) Three Rs in the Search for Empirically Supported Treatments: Review Procedures, Research Quality, Relevance to Practice and the Public Interest

    John R. Weisz;Kristin M. Hawley;Paul A. Pilkonis;Sheila R. Woody

  • Spouse Support and Long-term Adherence to Lipid-lowering Diets

    Viktor E. Bovbjerg;Barbara S. McCann;Deborah J. Brief;William C. Follette

  • Functional alternatives to traditional assessment and diagnosis.

    William C. Follette;Amy E. Naugle;Peter J. N. Linnerooth

  • Can functional analysis provide a substitute for syndromal classification

    Steven C. Hayes;William C. Follette

  • Treatment development: Can we find a better way?

    Steven C. Hayes;Douglas M. Long;Michael E. Levin;William C. Follette

  • USEFUL CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE CLIENT- THERAPIST RELATIONSHIP

    Glenn M. Callaghan;Amy E. Naugle;William C. Follette

  • Rethinking the probative value of evidence: base rates, intuitive profiling, and the "postdiction" of behavior.

    Deborah Davis;William C. Follette

  • Do As I Do, Not As I Say: A Behavior-Analytic Approach to Supervision

    William C. Follette;Glenn M. Callaghan

  • A Guide to Functional Analytic Psychotherapy

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Frequent Co-Authors

Neil S. Jacobson
Neil S. Jacobson University of Washington
Steven C. Hayes
Steven C. Hayes University of Nevada Reno
Kenneth L. Lichstein
Kenneth L. Lichstein University of Alabama
Jonathan W. Kanter
Jonathan W. Kanter University of Washington
Kurt Hahlweg
Kurt Hahlweg Technische Universität Braunschweig
Gayla Margolin
Gayla Margolin University of Southern California
Larry E. Beutler
Larry E. Beutler University of California, Santa Barbara
Donald H. Baucom
Donald H. Baucom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Louis G. Castonguay
Louis G. Castonguay Pennsylvania State University
John R. Weisz
John R. Weisz Harvard University

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