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The Experience of Being Emotionally Maltreated and Self-regulatory Strategies in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Pathways to Depressive Symptoms
This study aimed to investigate the effects of childhood emotional maltreatment on depressive symptoms in a sample of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (n = 300), with a specific focus on the mediating role of self-regulatory strategies, including experiential avoidance, cognitive avoidance, and emotional suppression. Participants completed various measures, including the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, th e Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, the Emotion Regulation Scale, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form. The...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Mindfulness and Well-being: A Longitudinal Serial Mediation Model of Psychological Adjustment and COVID-19 Fear
AbstractNumerous studies have been carried out globally related to COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, most of which were cross-sectional. Therefore, there is a need for longitudinal studies to fully understand the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. In the present longitudinal study, our aim was to examine whether psychological adjustment and fear of COVID-19 would serially mediate the relationship between mindfulness and well-being in a Turkish sample (N = 300,Mage=22.21 years, SD  = 3.01, 60.3% female). The results of a two-wave longitudinal study were analyzed via bootstrapping. The findings of the seria...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Impact of COVID-19 on Psychological Adjustment Problems: The Mediating Roles of Meaning in Life and Resilience
This study investigated the potential impact of COVID-19 on psychological adjustment problems and explored the mediating roles of meaning in life and resilience in this relationship. The study involved a sample of 481 general publics from Turkey, with 53.8% of participants identifying as male, and ages ranging from 18 to 70 years (M = 26.63,SD = 6.50). Using an online survey, participants completed the self-reported measures of COVID-19 impact, meaning in life, resilience, and psychological adjustment problems. The findings revealed that the COVID-19 impact significantly predicted levels of meaning in life, resilie...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Metacognitive Awareness as the Predictor of Positive Self-Critical Rumination, Personal Best Goals (PBs), and Language Achievement
In this study, positive metacognition was employed. To measure the metacognitive awareness in this study, the scale developed by Schraw and Dennison (1994) was used. It comprised 52 statements measuring two broad classifications of knowledge of cognition (two subcomponents), and regulation of cognition (five subcomponents). To measure student PB goals, the Persian version of ‘Personal Best Goals Scale’ developed by Martin (2006) and translated to Persian and validated by Najafzadeh et al. (2019) was considered. The 16 statements that made up the personal best scale assessed challenging goals, specific goals, competitiv...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

What Does my Anxiety Look Like? A Thematic Analysis of the Impact of a Single Session Imagery Technique on Emotional Issues
AbstractAnxiety is one of the main emotional issues that has grown over the last few years. It is characterized by emotional overreaction to threatening situations that are experienced as frightening and emotionally. Unmanageable. In particular, COVID-19 emergencies lead to impairments in Quality of Life and mental well-being due to severe distress and the fear of getting sick or dying. A guided imagery technique can reportedly reduce emotional issues, anxiety in particular. We sought to determine the cognitive representation of anxiety in a sample of the general population. Moreover, we explored the emotional experience o...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Spanish Adaptation of the Social Worries Questionnaire (SWQ): A Tool to Assess Social Anxiety in Preadolescent Children
The objective of this study was to adapt and assess the psychometric properties of the SWQ in Spanish preadolescent children. The sample was composed of 218 children aged 8 to 12 years (54.1% boys). The SWQ, along with other measures of depression, anxiety and self-concept, were online administered to children. An item addressing videoconference anxiety was added to the SWQ. Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis, a one-factor structure composed of 14 items demonstrated favorable fit indices. The results indicate evidence of concurrent and discriminant validity, good internal consistency (Cronbach ’s α = 0.81; ordinal Î...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 6, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Can REBT Reduce Academic Stress and Increase Adjustment in Rural Students?
In conclusion, the application of REBT is useful and beneficial in managing academic stress among the rural student pop ulation and calls for advancement. Unlike academic stress, REBT does not have a significant impact in improving school adjustment among rural students. (Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy)
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - March 13, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Role of Desire Thinking and Craving in Problematic Smartphone Use
AbstractThe Elaborated Intrusion Theory of desire and the metacognitive model of desire thinking posit that the intensification of craving centres on the initiation of a voluntary cognitive process named desire thinking (DT). The role of DT in eliciting craving has been studied extensively in substance use disorders and, more recently, in some behavioral addictions. The main aim of the current study was to test the mediating role of DT and craving in the association between psychological distress, boredom proneness, and problematic Smartphone use (PSU). Six hundred and forty-six participants (mean age  = 27.57 ± 9...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - March 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Validation of Process-Based Components of the LIBET-Q: An Innovative Instrument for Case Conceptualization
AbstractCase conceptualization is a widely used tool to describe and organize patient information and plan interventions in psychotherapy. Life themes and semi-adaptive plans: Implications of biased beliefs, elicitation, and treatment (LIBET) is a new method for case conceptualization that validates the diathesis-stress model and incorporates elements from the most important theories in the CBT field. LIBET also includes process-based components as maintaining factors of psychological distress, and it is not anchored to a specific kind of psychotherapeutic approach. The LIBET-Questionnaire (LIBET-Q) is a structured intervi...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Cognitive Control and Flexibility to Happiness: Distress Tolerance and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation as Serial Mediators
In this study, serial multiple mediation analysis was performed to test the hypothetical model that addresses distress tolerance and difficulties in emotion regulation as serial mediators in the relationship between cognitive control and flexibility, and happiness. The participants were 315 Turkish individuals from 34 cities in T ürkiye. The structural equation modeling revealed that both distress tolerance and difficulties in emotion regulation have a full serial mediator role in the relationships between cognitive control and flexibility, and happiness. Limitations and future research suggestions are discussed. (Source:...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Influence of Core Self-Evaluation, Mindfulness, and Rumination on Emotional Distress
AbstractCore self-evaluation (CSE) is a broad and latent trait which describes the fundamental appraisals made about one ’s capabilities, competence and worth. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between CSE and emotional distress and to explore how mindfulness and rumination influence this relationship. Participants (N = 351) undertook an online survey consisting of four psychometric scales; Core Self-Evaluation Scale, Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire short form, Ruminative Response Scale short form, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. Study results indicated that core self-evaluation...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Role of Rational Beliefs in Promoting Mental Well-Being: A Validation of the REBT ’s Psychological Health Model
This study aimed to test the validity of the psychological health model of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in promoting mental well-being, with a particular focus on understanding the positive and adaptive emotional consequences of rational beliefs. A total of 542 participants  (67.9% females), from diverse occupational backgrounds in Turkey, aged between 18 and 59 years completed questionnaires about rational beliefs and mental well-being. The findings indicate a positive relationship between rational beliefs and mental well-being. Specifically, non-awfulizing and unco nditional self-acceptance beliefs mediate ...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Breaking the Chain: The Role of Irrational Thinking in Our Fear of War and Death
AbstractThis paper sought to investigate the validity of a mediation model, where we hypothesized that the four irrational evaluations postulated by the Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) theory (demandingness, awfulizing, low frustration tolerance, and global evaluation) would mediate the relationship between perceived risk of war and death anxiety. A sample of 158 Romanian participants completed online self-report measures, namely the Death Anxiety Scale, The Attitudes and Beliefs Scale, and the Risk Perception Scale. Mediation analyses were employed to assess the validity of the model. Results confirmed that the r...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Persian Tolerance of Uncontrollability Questionnaire and its Correlates: Reliability, Validity, and Measurement Invariance Across Gender
AbstractMany situations in life remain beyond an individual ’s control. Despite this, little research has focused on individual differences in tolerance of uncontrollability. The purpose of the present study was to translate and validate a Persian version of the Tolerance of Uncontrollability Questionnaire (TOUQ). The scale was translated from English to P ersian and administered to 441 Iranian Farsi-speaking participants from the general population (females = 65%; mean age = 26.26 years [SD ± 7.36]). The Persian version of the TOUQ demonstrated excellent reliability and internal validity. The structure of t...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Investigation of the Turkish Psychometric Properties of Bedtime Procrastination and While-in-Bed Procrastination Scales for Adolescents
This study was carried out to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Bedtime Procrastination and While-in-Bed Procrastination Scales for adolescents. This methodological study was conducted with 348 adolescents aged 12 –18 between March and April 2023. Cronbach’s alpha and omega coefficients were employed to test the psychometric properties, split-half and item-total correlation methods to test the reliability, and confirmatory factor analysis to test the construct validity of the scales. It was determined tha t the Bedtime Procrastination scale Cronbach’s alpha and omega coefficients of th...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research