Emotion efficacy therapy (EET)- reading list

Emotion efficacy training (EET) is an approach that aims to help individuals develop the skills and strategies to effectively manage their emotions. The goal is to enhance emotional awareness, regulation, and expression in order to improve overall well-being and interpersonal relationships. To learn more about emotion efficacy training visit our knowledge hub post – EET and ACT. 

The reading list below provides some suggestions for texts that may support learning of the key concepts, research, and practical applications of emotion efficacy training:

• Abdi Sarkami F., Mirzaian B, Abbasi G. The Effectiveness of Emotion Efficacy Therapy on the Level of Depression and Self-Care Ability of Non-Clinical Depressed Elderly. IJNR 2021; 15 (6) :65-74 URL: http://ijnr.ir/article-1-2401-en.html
• Asadi, M. M., Akbari, M., Mohammadkhani, S., & Hasani, J. (2022). Emotion Efficacy Improves Prediction of HIV/AIDS Risky Behaviors: A Modified Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 40(2), 234-251.
• Bayrami, Mansour & Abad, Touraj & Esmaeilpour, Khalil & Shiri, Ali. (2021). Effectiveness of Emotion Efficacy Therapy on Internet Dependency and Psychological Vulnerability in Students with Symptoms of Internet Addiction. 10.22054/jcps.2021.56400.2459.
• Bozkurt, F., Uzun, R. B., & West, A. (2024). Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Emotion Efficacy Scale – 2 in a Sample of Turkish Emerging Adults. Emerging Adulthood, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968241247878.
• Craske, M. G., Treanor, M., Conway, C. C., Zbozinek, T., & Vervliet, B. (2014). Maximizing exposure therapy: an inhibitory learning approach. Behaviour research and therapy, 58, 10–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.04.006
• Foroughi, A. A., Parvizifard, A., Sadeghi, K., & Moghadam, A. P. (2021). Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy, 43(2), 101–107. https://doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2018-0106.
• Kashdan, T. B., Disabato, D. J., Goodman, F. R., Doorley, J. D., & McKnight, P. E. (2020). Understanding psychological flexibility: A multimethod exploration of pursuing valued goals despite the presence of distress. Psychological Assessment, 32(9), 829–850. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000834
• McKay, M., & West, A. (2016). Emotion efficacy therapy: A brief, exposure-based treatment for emotion regulation integrating ACT and DBT. Context Press/New Harbinger Publications.
• Mazloom, M. et al.,(2023). Comparing the Mechanism of Change of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Emotion Efficacy Therapy in Improving Psychological Adjustment of Women with Breast Cancer: the Role of Cognitive and Emotional Flexibility, Illness Perception, and Valued Action. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. 16. 10.1007/s41811-023-00180-2.
• Shannon, M. 2018. Measuring Emotion Regulation, Psychological Flexibility and Valued Living through the Emotion Efficacy Scale: A Validation Study. The Wright Institute, Berkeley California.
• Sloan, E., Hall, K., Moulding, R., Bryce, S., Mildred, H., & Staiger, P. K. (2017). Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic treatment construct across anxiety, depression, substance, eating and borderline personality disorders: A systematic review. Clinical psychology review, 57, 141–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.09.00
• West, A. (2021). What you feel is not all there is: Free your choices and your life from the default world of the emotional matrix. EnMasse Media.
• Zareie Faskhudi, B., Karbalaee Mohammad Meigouni, A., Rezabakhsh, H., & Ghelichi, L. (2021). Comparison of the Effect of Unified Transdiagnostic Treatment from Emotional Disorders and Emotion Efficacy Therapy on Emotion Regulation among Adults with Stuttering. Journal of Applied Psychological Research, 12(2), 185-209. doi: 10.22059/japr.2021.312232.643672