TY - JOUR
AU1 - Dymond, Simon
AU2 - Bennett, Marc
AU3 - Boyle, Sean
AU4 - Roche, Bryan
AU5 - Schlund, Michael
AB - Humans have an unparalleled ability to engage in arbitrarily applicable relational responding (AARR). One of the consequences of this ability to spontaneously combine and relate events from the past, present, and future may, in fact, be a propensity to suffer. For instance, maladaptive fear and avoidance of remote or derived threats may actually perpetuate anxiety. In this narrative review, we consider contemporary AARR research on fear and avoidance as it relates to anxiety. We first describe laboratory-based research on the emergent spread of fear- and avoidance-eliciting functions in humans. Next, we consider the validity of AARR research on fear and avoidance and address the therapeutic implications of the work. Finally, we outline challenges and opportunities for a greater synthesis between behavior analysis research on AARR and experimental psychopathology.
TI - Related to Anxiety: Arbitrarily Applicable Relational Responding and Experimental Psychopathology Research on Fear and Avoidance
JF - The Behavior Analyst
DO - 10.1007/s40614-017-0133-6
DA - 2017-12-27
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/related-to-anxiety-arbitrarily-applicable-relational-responding-and-cOyyjzyeoo
SP - 189
EP - 213
VL - 41
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -