Contextualist Perspectives in the Treatment of Antisocial Behaviors and Offending: A Comparative Review of FAP, ACT, DBT, and MDT

This article presents a comparative review of the application of four contextualist therapies in the treatment of antisocial behavior and offending. The therapies reviewed are functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and mo...

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Published in:Trauma, Violence, & Abuse Violence, & Abuse, 2022-01, Vol.23 (1), p.241-254
Main Author: Carmelo, Visdómine-Lozano J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Acceptance
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Adolescent
Adolescents
Aggressive behavior
Antisocial behavior
Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder - therapy
At risk populations
Behavior
Behavior modification
Behavior therapy
Clients
Comparative studies
Contextualism
Deactivation
Deviance
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Humans
Offenses
Paraphilias
Prisoners
Psychotherapy
Reviews
Risk taking
Robbery
Sex crimes
Sex Offenses
Social behavior
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Summary:This article presents a comparative review of the application of four contextualist therapies in the treatment of antisocial behavior and offending. The therapies reviewed are functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and mode deactivation therapy (MDT). A descriptive and comparative review was conducted through a search carried out in both general and specific databases related to each therapy. We included a total of 44 studies treating any type of antisocial behavior or offending. Results show that these interventions have been used to treat challenging behavioral patterns, inmates’ institutional behaviors, exhibitionism, at-risk adolescents’ aggressive conducts, and offending behaviors performed by juveniles who committed robbery and/or serious sexual offenses. The main conclusions are that the four therapies show very positive outcomes: Although FAP and ACT have been used more sparsely, DBT and MDT have been employed in a larger number of interventions and using more controlled comparative designs. The therapeutic components that seem to be relevant to understanding in a transversal way how changes in behavior are achieved are acceptance/validation of clients’ histories of neglect and abuse and clients’ commitment to behaving toward their valued directions in life.
ISSN:1524-8380
1552-8324
DOI:10.1177/1524838020939509