Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Application of Cognitive Behavior Therapy(CBT) in Asia : Introduction(<Special Issue>Development and Application of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Asia)
2016 年 42 巻 1 号 p. 1-4
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2016 年 42 巻 1 号 p. 1-4
The principles of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) are considered to be cross-culturally applicable because the assessment and intervention programs are interrelated and, by definition, contextually designed and empirically evaluated. In the prevailing age of the evidence-based practice of psychotherapy, this special section aims to specify cultural adaptation elements of CBT in an Asian socio-cultural context. Progress made in the practice of CBT in Asia through the establishment of the Asian CBT Association (ACBTA) is reviewed, and various functional roles of culture in the application of CBT in Asia are considered. The 3 invited articles and a commentary are by Drs. Akihito Masuda, Young Hee Choi, Tori Andrews and Tian Po Oei, and Gordon C. Nagayama Hall; their papers were originally presented at the 4^<th> Asian Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Conference 2013 Tokyo, and were subsequently updated for the present Special Section of the Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy, the flagship journal of the Japanese Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
