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International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis Volume 5 (2019), Article ID 5:IJPBA-164, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2019/164
Research Article
Using an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy app to Reduce Anxiety for Students and Employees

Rebecca J. Sargisson1,*, Fengshan Li1, Deborah Lobo1 and Maree Roche2

1School of Psychology, University of Waikato, New Zealand
2School of Human Resources and Leadership, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Dr. Rebecca Joanne Sargisson, School of Psychology, University of Waikato, Durham St, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand, Phone: +64 7 8379580; E-mail: rebecca.sargisson@waikato.ac.nz
01 November 2019; 24 December 2019; 26 December 2019
Sargisson RJ, Li F, Lobo D, Roche M (2019) Using an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy app to Reduce Anxiety for Students and Employees. Int J Psychol Behav Anal 5: 164. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2019/164
The research was supported by the ACTCompanion® developers through the donation of free access to apps for our participants.
© 2019 Sargisson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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