Dymond Simon, May Richard J, Munnelly Anita, Hoon Alice E
Swansea University.
Behav Anal. 2010 Spring;33(1):97-117. doi: 10.1007/BF03392206.
Relational frame theory (RFT) is a contemporary behavior-analytic account of language and cognition. Since it was first outlined in 1985, RFT has generated considerable controversy and debate, and several claims have been made concerning its evidence base. The present study sought to evaluate the evidence base for RFT by undertaking a citation analysis and by categorizing all articles that cited RFT-related search terms. A total of 174 articles were identified between 1991 and 2008, 62 (36%) of which were empirical and 112 (64%) were nonempirical articles. Further analyses revealed that 42 (68%) of the empirical articles were classified as empirical RFT and 20 (32%) as empirical other, whereas 27 (24%) of the nonempirical articles were assigned to the nonempirical reviews category and 85 (76%) to the nonempirical conceptual category. In addition, the present findings show that the majority of empirical research on RFT has been conducted with typically developing adult populations, on the relational frame of sameness, and has tended to be published in either The Psychological Record or the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Overall, RFT has made a substantial contribution to the literature in a relatively short period of time.
关系框架理论（RFT）是一种关于语言和认知的当代行为分析理论。自1985年首次提出以来，RFT引发了相当多的争议和辩论，并且出现了一些关于其证据基础的主张。本研究旨在通过进行引文分析以及对所有引用RFT相关搜索词的文章进行分类，来评估RFT的证据基础。在1991年至2008年期间共识别出174篇文章，其中62篇（36%）为实证性文章，112篇（64%）为非实证性文章。进一步分析表明，实证性文章中有42篇（68%）被归类为实证性RFT文章，20篇（32%）为实证性其他文章；而非实证性文章中有27篇（24%）被归为非实证性综述类别，85篇（76%）归为非实证性概念类别。此外，本研究结果表明，大多数关于RFT的实证研究是针对典型发展的成年人群体、基于相同性的关系框架进行的，并且倾向于发表在《心理记录》或《行为实验分析杂志》上。总体而言，RFT在相对较短的时间内为该领域的文献做出了重大贡献。
