Explore a collection of Dr. Emily Sandoz’s publications, interviews, and media appearances. From peer‑reviewed articles to podcast conversations and recorded talks, this page offers a glimpse into the ideas, theories, and practices that shape our lab’s work. Whether you want to read, watch, or listen, this is the place to start connecting with the perspectives that guide the Louisiana Contextual Science Research Group.
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Pinto, A. M., Figueiredo, C., Geenen, R., Castilho, P., da Silva, J. A., EASEL‐3 research group, ... & Sandoz, E. (2025). Introducing the Emotions‐Affect Systems Elicitation (EASEL‐3) Index: A New Tool for Measuring Affect Regulation Systems' Activation. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 32(4), e70126. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70126
Malvini, W., Criddle, J. M., Lacour, M. S., & Sandoz, E. K. (2025). Nonconsensual Sexual Experience Acknowledgment: Exploring the Roles of Gender Identity, Sexual Aggression Myths, and Psychological Inflexibility. Behavioral Sciences, 15(7), 875. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15070875
Kaplan-Reimer, H., Cassella, M. D., Schanke, M. R., Lin, S. L., Malvini, W., Sandoz, E. K., & Louisiana Contextual Science Research Group. (2025). From aversive, toward appetitive: A behavioral conceptual analysis of compassion. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01046-z
Sease, T. B., Andersland, M., Perkins, D. R., Sandoz, E. K., Jean, C., Sudduth, H., & Cox, C. R. (2024). Surrendering to thrive: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the State of Surrender (SoS) scale and its relationship with well-being. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 33, 100815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100815
Sease, T. B., Cox, C. R., Wiese, A. L., Sandoz, E. K., & Knight, K. (2024). The impact of State of Surrender on the relationship between engagement in substance use treatment and meaning in life presence: A pilot study. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1331756. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1331756
Sease, T. B., Sandoz, E. K., Yoke, L., Swets, J. A., & Cox, C. R. (2024). Loneliness and relationship well-being: Investigating the mediating roles of relationship awareness and distraction among romantic partners. Behavioral Sciences, 14(6), 439. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14060439
Sease, T. B., John, D. A., Perkins, D. R., & Sandoz, E. K. (2023). Psychological inflexibility as a moderator of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and negative automatic thoughts. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development, 20(4), 528–544. https://doi.org/10.1080/26904586.2023.2189203
Louisiana Contextual Science Research Group, Campbell, J., Criddle, J., Schanke, M. R., Cassella, M. D., Malvini, W., Kaplan-Reimer, H., & Sandoz, E. K. (2023). Promoting appetitive learning of consensual, empowered vulnerability: A contextual behavioral conceptualization of intimacy. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1200452. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1200452
Cañón, L. F., Gould, E. R., Sandoz, E. K., Moran, O., & Grimaldi, M. A. (2023). Cultural adaptation of ACT to support caregivers of autistic Latino children: A pilot study. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 28, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.03.003
Martin, S., Rhodes, A. C., Brill, C. D., & Sandoz, E. K. (2022). Diversity-related factors in research mentorship and publishing in the ACBS community and the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 26, 56–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.08.009
Sandoz, E. K., Gould, E. R., & DuFrene, T. (2022). Ongoing, explicit, and direct functional assessment is a necessary component of ACT as behavior analysis: A response to Tarbox et al. (2020). Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(1), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00607-2
Newell, C., Sandoz, E., & Tyndall, I. (2022). A pilot study of the impact of brief exposure to images of breastfeeding mothers on attitudes toward mothers breastfeeding in public. Health Communication, 37(2), 185–190. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1830511
Parfait, B., Sease, T. B., & Sandoz, E. K. (2022). Psychological inflexibility as a mediator of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and dissociation. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 92–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.12.005
Sandoz, E. K. (2021). Beyond “yes means yes”: A behavioral conceptualization of affirmative sexual consent: Correction. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-021-00088-6
Sandoz, E. K. (2021). Beyond “yes means yes”: A behavioral conceptualization of affirmative sexual consent. Behavior and Social Issues, 30(1), 712–731. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-021-00066-y
Sease, T. B., Perkins, D. R., Sandoz, E. K., & Sudduth, H. (2021). Automatic thoughts: Understanding the precursors of self-concealment within the psychological flexibility framework. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 22, 68–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.09.008
Sandoz, E. K., Bordieri, M. J., Boullion, G. Q., & Tyndall, I. (2021). An examination of transformation of evaluative and consequential functions through derived relations with participant-generated values-relevant stimuli. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 21, 144–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.07.002
Sandoz, E. K., Bordieri, M. J., Tyndall, I., & Auzenne, J. (2021). A preliminary examination of derived relational responding in the context of body image. The Psychological Record, 71(2), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-020-00439-6
Hayes, S. C., Merwin, R. M., McHugh, L., Sandoz, E. K., A-Tjak, J. G. L., Ruiz, F. J., … & others. (2021). Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 20, 172–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.03.007
Mullen, R. A., Protti, T., Block-Lerner, J., Marks, D. R., Sandoz, E. K., & Ricardo, P. (2021). Curriculum-based yoga and acceptance and commitment training intervention for undergraduate students: A mixed-methods investigation. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 19, 92–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.12.005
Sandoz, E. K. (2020). Interbehavior as a clinical focus in CBS: A response to Hayes and Fryling (2019). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 273-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.10.006
Sandoz, E. K., Boullion, G. Q., Mallik, D., & Hebert, E. R. (2020). Relative associations of body image avoidance constructs with eating disorder pathology in a large college student sample. Body Image, 34, 242–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.07.002
Sandoz, E. K. (2020). Tracking measurement behavior and correcting course: Introduction to the special issue on measurement in JCBS. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 17, 166–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.07.004
Karekla, M., Georgiou, N., Panayiotou, G., Sandoz, E. K., Kurz, A. S., & others. (2020). Cognitive restructuring vs. defusion: Impact on craving, healthy and unhealthy food intake. Eating Behaviors, 37, 101385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101385
Farrell, L., Corcoran, F., Sandoz, E. K., & McHugh, L. (2019). Examination of sex-specific publication trends within the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science between 2012 and 2017. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 11, 27–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.11.006
Mallik, D., Bowen, S., Yang, Y., Perkins, R., & Sandoz, E. K. (2019). Raja yoga meditation and medication-assisted treatment for relapse prevention: A pilot study. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 96, 58–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2018.10.012
Sandoz, E. K., Butcher, G., & Protti, T. A. (2017). A preliminary examination of willingness and importance as moderators of the relationship between statistics anxiety and performance. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(1), 47–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2017.02.002
Sandoz, E. K., Kellum, K. K., & Wilson, K. G. (2017). Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of acceptance and commitment training for academic success of at-risk college students from low income families. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(1), 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2017.01.001
Sandoz, E. K., & Hebert, E. R. (2017). Using derived relational responding to model statistics learning across participants with varying degrees of statistics anxiety. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 18(1), 113–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2016.1146552
Murrell, A. R., Lester, E. G., & Sandoz, E. K. (2015). Grounding turbulent minds: The challenges of mindfulness-based interventions for college students with ADHD and how to overcome them. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 29(4), 314–328. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2015.1074022
Sandoz, E. K., & Hebert, E. R. (2015). Meaningful, reminiscent, and evocative: An initial examination of four methods of selecting idiographic values-relevant stimuli. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4(4), 277–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2015.09.001
Sandoz, E. K., Moyer, D. N., & Armelie, A. P. (2015). Psychological flexibility as a framework for understanding and improving family reintegration following military deployment. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 41(4), 495–507. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12086
Moyer, D. N., & Sandoz, E. K. (2015). The role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between parent and adolescent distress. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(5), 1406–1418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-014-9947-y
Callaghan, G. M., Sandoz, E. K., Darrow, S. M., & Feeney, T. K. (2015). The body image psychological inflexibility scale: Development and psychometric properties. Psychiatry Research, 226(1), 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.039
Sandoz, E. K., & Anderson, R. S. (2015). Building awareness, openness, and action: Values work in behavior therapy. The Behavior Therapist, 38(3), 60-69.
Sandoz, E. K., Wilson, K. G., Merwin, R. M., & Kellum, K. K. (2013). Assessment of body image flexibility: The Body Image–Acceptance and Action Questionnaire. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2(1–2), 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2013.03.002
Hooper, N., Sandoz, E. K., Ashton, J., Clarke, A., & McHugh, L. (2012). Comparing thought suppression and acceptance as coping techniques for food cravings. Eating Behaviors, 13(1), 62–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.10.002
Wilson, K. G., Sandoz, E. K., Kitchens, J., & Roberts, M. (2010). The Valued Living Questionnaire: Defining and measuring valued action within a behavioral framework. The Psychological Record, 60(2), 249-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395706
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Sandoz, E. K., Vaidya, J., Smith, B. M., Campbell, J., & Kellum, K. K. (2023). Building values-consistent repertoires of gender-marginalized academics. In Women in Behavior Science (pp. 55-82). Routledge.
Sandoz, E. K. & Fogle, D. (2023). Implementing ACT as contextual behavioral science. In M. P. Twohig, M. E. Levin, & J. M. Petersen (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of acceptance and commitment therapy (pp. 25-41). Oxford University Press.
Lieberman, E., Sandoz, E., & Kellum, K. K. (2021). Blame: Not I: A Behavioral Conceptualization of Perpetrator Blame. In A Scientific Framework for Compassion and Social Justice (pp. 45-49). Routledge.
Sandoz, E. K., Webb, J. B., Rogers, C. B., & Squyres, E. (2019). Body image flexibility. Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions, 42-51.
Sandoz, E. K. & Mullen, R. A. (2016). Acceptance and commitment training for academic risk. In The Mindfulness-Informed Educator (pp. 121-136). Routledge.
McHugh, L., Sandoz, E. K., & Hooper, N. (2016). Theoretical underpinnings: Relational frame theory and contextual behavioral science in a higher education context. In The Mindfulness-Informed Educator (pp. 23-42). Routledge.
Wilson, K., Sandoz, E. K., Flynn, M. K., Slater, R. M., & DuFrene, T. (2010). Understanding, assessing, and treating values processes in mindfulness-and acceptance-based therapies. Assessing mindfulness and acceptance processes in clients: Illuminating the theory and practice of change, 77-106.
Wilson, K. G. & Sandoz, E. K. (2008). Mindfulness, values, and the therapeutic relationship in acceptance and commitment therapy. Mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship, 89-106.
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Sandoz, E. K. & DuFrene, T. (2014). Living with your body and other things you hate: How to let go of your struggle with body image using acceptance and commitment therapy. New Harbinger Publications.
Sandoz, E. K., Wilson, K. G., & DuFrene, T. (2011). Acceptance and commitment therapy for eating disorders: A process-focused guide to treating anorexia and bulimia. New Harbinger Publications.
Sandoz, E. K., Wilson, K. G., & DuFrene, T. (2011). The mindfulness and acceptance workbook for bulimia: A guide to breaking free from bulimia using acceptance and commitment therapy. New Harbinger Publications.
Segal, Z. V. (2010). Mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship. Guilford Press.
Wilson, K. G. (2009). Mindfulness for two: An acceptance and commitment therapy approach to mindfulness in psychotherapy. New Harbinger Publications.
Everything you do and feel occurs in a context. You are shaped by your learning history, your environment, other people, and you are continuously shaping the world around you. In this episode, Emily Sandoz shares how you can apply the ACT concepts of functional contextualism and interbehaviorism to build a juicier, richer, values-based life. Learn to resource yourself and thrive in whatever context you are in.
Emily Sandoz, Evelyn Gould, and Troy Dufrene join us to talk about their paper, Ongoing, Explicit and Direct Functional Assessment is a Necessary Component of ACT as Behavior Analysis: A Response to Tarbox et al.
This episode is incredibly important given the high likelihood that you will identify with the experience of being dissatisfied with your body at some point in your life. Further, an increasing number of both women and men do then go on to develop eating disorders. Alongside this, you have no doubt heard of the #bodypositive movement – it is growing – but, Dr. Sandoz talks through the reasons why this may actually be more harmful than helpful. Instead, Dr. Sandoz will introduce you to the concept of body image flexibility, and how you can make peace with your and life a life that feels full to you.