Behavioral, not self-reported, experiential avoidance predicts early treatment discontinuation at residential substance use treatment
Behavioral measures might provide a more proximal measure of EA than self-report. Treating EA may help improve treatment retention. More research is needed to extend the current findings and clarify the mechanisms.
Authors
- Andrew Oakland
- Dennis E. McChargue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-4452)
- Wenyue Wang
- Bilal Khan
Institutions
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1725326
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00