Steven C. Hayes

82.9k total citations · 25 hit papers
438 papers, 55.8k citations indexed

About

Steven C. Hayes is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven C. Hayes has authored 438 papers receiving a total of 55.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Clinical Psychology, 146 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 101 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Steven C. Hayes's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (134 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (97 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (93 papers). Steven C. Hayes is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (134 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (97 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (93 papers). Steven C. Hayes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Steven C. Hayes's co-authors include Kelly G. Wilson, Kirk D. Strosahl, Jason Lillis, Frank W. Bond, Jason B. Luoma, Akihiko Masuda, Elizabeth V. Gifford, Victoria M. Follette, Michael E. Levin and Robert D. Zettle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Steven C. Hayes

423 papers receiving 51.7k citations

Hit Papers

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Mod... 1979 2026 1994 2010 2005 1999 2011 1983 1996 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes and outcomes
    2005 4.3k citations Steven C. Hayes, Frank W. Bond et al. profile →
  2. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change
    1999 4.3k citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  3. Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–II: A Revised Measure of Psychological Inflexibility and Experiential Avoidance
    2011 2.8k citations Frank W. Bond, Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  4. Single-case research designs: Methods for clinical and applied settings
    1983 2.1k citations Steven C. Hayes profile →
  5. Experiential avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment.
    1996 2.1k citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  6. Experiential avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment.
    1996 2.0k citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  7. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
    2011 1.6k citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  8. Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model
    2004 1.6k citations Steven C. Hayes, Frank W. Bond et al. profile →
  9. Acceptance and commitment therapy, relational frame theory, and the third wave of behavioral and cognitive therapies
    2004 1.6k citations Steven C. Hayes profile →
  10. Relational frame theory: a post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition
    2001 1.5k citations Yvonne Barnes‐Holmes, Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  11. Acceptance and commitment therapy.
    2012 905 citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  12. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Contextual Behavioral Science: Examining the Progress of a Distinctive Model of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
    2011 692 citations Steven C. Hayes, Michael E. Levin et al. profile →
  13. Open, Aware, and Active: Contextual Approaches as an Emerging Trend in the Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
    2011 551 citations Steven C. Hayes, Michael E. Levin et al. profile →
  14. Improving diabetes self-management through acceptance, mindfulness, and values: A randomized controlled trial.
    2007 548 citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  15. A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
    2004 547 citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  16. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the Third Wave of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies – Republished Article
    2016 547 citations Steven C. Hayes profile →
  17. The use of acceptance and commitment therapy to prevent the rehospitalization of psychotic patients: A randomized controlled trial.
    2002 533 citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  18. ALTERNATING TREATMENTS DESIGN: ONE STRATEGY FOR COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF TWO TREATMENTS IN A SINGLE SUBJECT
    1979 519 citations Steven C. Hayes et al. profile →
  19. The Future of Intervention Science: Process-Based Therapy
    2018 500 citations Stefan G. Hofmann, Steven C. Hayes profile →
  20. Rule-governed behavior : cognition, contingencies, and instructional control
    1989 495 citations Steven C. Hayes profile →
  21. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Unified Model of Behavior Change
    2012 472 citations Steven C. Hayes, Michael E. Levin et al. profile →
  22. The Scientist Practitioner: Research and Accountability in Clinical and Educational Settings
    1983 357 citations Steven C. Hayes, Rosemery O. Nelson et al. profile →
  23. The role of the individual in the coming era of process-based therapy
    2018 183 citations Steven C. Hayes, Stefan G. Hofmann et al. profile →
  24. “Third‐wave” cognitive and behavioral therapies and the emergence of a process‐based approach to intervention in psychiatry
    2021 124 citations Steven C. Hayes, Stefan G. Hofmann profile →
  25. Evolving an idionomic approach to processes of change: Towards a unified personalized science of human improvement
    2022 115 citations Steven C. Hayes, Joseph Ciarrochi et al. profile →

Peers

Steven C. Hayes
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
  • Clinical Psychology 36.6k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 15.6k
  • Social Psychology 12.3k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 11.7k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 8.5k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
One Size Does Not Make All Happy: Idionomic Links Between Striving for Positive States and Happiness in Experience Sampling
2025 ·Journal of Happiness Studies ·Baljinder K. Sahdra, (unknown), (unknown), Michael E. Levin, (unknown), Jennifer Krafft, Steven C. Hayes, Cristóbal Hernández, Joseph Ciarrochi
0
2
Relationship between outcomes and processes in patients with chronic low back pain plus depressive symptoms: Idiographic analyses within a randomized controlled trial
2024 ·Psychotherapy Research ·Juan P. Sanabria‐Mazo, Iago Giné-Vázquez, Paula Cristóbal-Narváez, Carlos Suso‐Ribera, Azucena García‐Palacios, Lance M. McCracken, Steven C. Hayes, Stefan G. Hofmann, Joseph Ciarrochi, Juan V. Luciano
2
3
Acceptance and commitment therapy: What the history of ACT and the first 1,000 randomized controlled trials reveal
2024 ·Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science ·Steven C. Hayes, (unknown)
11
4
The compassion connection: Experience sampling insights into romantic attraction
2024 ·Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science ·Joseph Ciarrochi, Baljinder K. Sahdra, (unknown), Steven C. Hayes, Keong Yap, Andrew T. Gloster
2
5
The Scientific Analysis of Social Action
2016 ·Steven C. Hayes
0
6
Stimulus equivalence and the symbolic control of behavior
2011 ·Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad ·Steven C. Hayes, (unknown), Barbara Kohlenberg, Aaron J. Brownstein, (unknown)
11
7
Creating an implicit measure of cognition more suited to applied research: A test of the Mixed Trial—Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (MT-IRAP).
2010 ·International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy ·Michael E. Levin, Steven C. Hayes, Thomas J. Waltz
15
8
Expanding the scope of organizational behaviour management: Relational frame theory and the experimental analysis of complex human behavior
2006 ·MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive Library (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) ·Steven C. Hayes, Kara Bunting, Scott A. Herbst, Frank W. Bond, Dermot Barnes‐Holmes
35
9
Using Acceptance and Commitment Training in the Support of Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism
2006 ·Child & Family Behavior Therapy ·John T. Blackledge, Steven C. Hayes
268
10
Relational Frame Theory: Some Implications for Understanding and Treating Human Psychopathology
2004 ·Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica ·Yvonne Barnes‐Holmes, Dermot Barnes‐Holmes, Louise McHugh, Steven C. Hayes
46
11
Why Relational Frame Theory Alters the Relationship between Basic and Applied Behavioral Psychology
2004 ·Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica ·Steven C. Hayes, (unknown)
11
12
Acceptance and commitment therapy: Een derde-generatie gedragstherapie.
2003 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Steven C. Hayes, Akihiko Masuda, (unknown)
22
13
Trastorno de evitación experiencial.
2001 ·International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology ·Carmen Luciano, Steven C. Hayes
39
14
Behavior analysis of language and cognition : the fourth International Institute on Verbal Relations
1994 ·Steven C. Hayes
2
15
Un enfoque analítico conductual de la conducta verbal
1994 ·Revista mexicana de psicología ·Steven C. Hayes, Christoph Leonhard
1
16
La evaluación de relaciones lingüísticas prexistentes vía la equivalencia de estímulos
1994 ·Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad ·Linda J. Hayes, (unknown), Steven C. Hayes
1
17
Can functional analysis provide a substitute for syndromal classification
1992 ·Steven C. Hayes, William C. Follette
61
18
Comments on BASA
1989 ·Steven C. Hayes
1
19
An Interview with Lee Sechrest: The Courage to Say "We Do Not Know How"
1989 ·APS observer ·Steven C. Hayes
1
20
Conceptual foundations of behavioral assessment
1986 ·Guilford Press eBooks ·Rosemery O. Nelson, Steven C. Hayes
105

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