Sophie Fawson, Zoe Moon, Katherine Novogrudsky, Faye Moxham, Katie Forster, Insun Tribe, Rona Moss-Morris, Caroline Johnson, Lyndsay D Hughes
Around 42% of individuals with cancer experience distress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can reduce distress, but effects are small, and mechanisms unclear. This review aimed to identify associations between ACT processes and distress in cancer. Search terms included cancer, ACT processes, self-compassion, and distress. Six online databases and grey literature were searched to March 2022. Of 6555 papers screened, 108 studies were included with a total of 17195 participants. Five meta-analyses of seventy-seven studies were conducted...
September 25, 2023: Health Psychology Review