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Effect of an Emotional Intelligence Training Program Developed for Prospective Psychological Counselors on Psychological Counseling Skill Levels
AbstractThe aim of this study was to test the efficacy of an emotional intelligence training program for prospective psychological counselors on psychological counseling skills. The study group for the research comprised 28 prospective psychological counselors attending the guidance and psychological counseling department of a state university who volunteered to participate in the study. The research used a semi-experimental pattern with pretest, posttest and control group. The 2  × 3 split-plot included the first factor with independent process groups of the experimental and control group (14 students each), while th...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Developing Self-determined Motivation and Performance with an Elite Athlete: Integrating Motivational Interviewing with Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
AbstractThe present case study puts forth the first idiographic application of a one to one Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT; Ellis in J Individ Psychol 13:38 –44,1957) intervention integrated with Motivational Interviewing (MI; Miller and Rollnick in Motivational interviewing: helping people change, Guilford Press, London, 2013) with a client (elite athlete) on irrational beliefs, self-determined motivation, and sporting performance. Building and maintaining a strong working alliance with a client is considered central to both MI and REBT, and psychological interventions generally. Whilst there are widespread rec...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 26, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Efficacy of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on Academic Procrastination Behaviours Among Students Enrolled in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Education (PCME)
This study assessed the efficacy of a CBT-based program in the reduction of undergraduate students ’ academic procrastination behaviors. Pre-test post-test randomized control trial experimental design was adopted by the researchers for the study. Sixty-four (64) physics, chemistry and mathematics education undergraduate students who were drawn through proportionate stratified random sampling te chnique constituted the sample for the study. The students were randomly assigned to experimental (34) and control (30) groups. Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (PASS) Academic Procrastination Behavior Scale (APBS) we...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Factor Structure of the Attitudes and Beliefs Scale 2: Implications for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
This study tested the factor structure of the Attitudes and Beliefs Scale-2, a measure of Ellis ’ irrational and rational beliefs. The scale includes items that assess both irrationality and rationality. Within this framework, items reflect one of four irrational cognitive processes and their rational alternatives, including demandingness versus preferences, frustration intolerance versus to lerance, awfulizing versus realistic negative evaluations, and self-condemnation versus self-acceptance, and one of three content domains including affiliation, achievement, and comfort. The sample of 1500 consisted of college studen...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - April 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Measure of Irrational Thinking: The Scale of Irrational Contents and Styles-Basics (SICS-B)
AbstractAnalyze the psychometric properties of a new measure for the assessment of the irrational beliefs proposed by Ellis in his model of Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy (REBT): theScale of Irrational Contents and Styles-Basics (SICS-B). TheSICS-B evaluates the “contents” of the three basic irrational beliefs (Ap: Approval, Pe: Perfectionism, and Co: Comfort) in relation to the four different “styles” (inferences or processes of thought) in which they can be expressed (DEM: Demandingness, AWF: Awfulizing, FI: Frustration Intolerance, and CON: Conde mnation). 259 respondents (79.5% women) undergraduates (63%) ...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - March 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Predictive Influence of Irrational Beliefs on Self-esteem of University Students with Late Blindness
AbstractPoor self-esteem is a major threat to the well-being of individuals with late blindness. The influence of irrational beliefs on the self-esteem of Nigerian university students with late blindness was investigated in the present study. Data were collected from 363 university students with late blindness using Brailed versions of Adapted General Attitude and Belief Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Pearlin Mastery Scale. Data collected were analyzed using regression analysis. The results among others provided empirical support for general rational/irrational beliefs score as a significant predictor of students ...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - March 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Factorial Structure and Invariance Analysis of the BIS –BAS Scale, IPIP-R Version
In conclusion, evidence of the two correlated dimensions that support Gray’s theory of activation and inhibition systems independent of sex and age was obtained. (Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy)
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - March 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Moderating the Role of Self-Compassion in the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Depression
AbstractTo better understand the perfectionism-depression link, this study aimed to explore the moderating role of self-compassion in the relationship between perfectionism and depression. To gauge the impacts of self-compassion and perfectionism on depression, researchers assessed 210 depressed inpatients in four hospitals in Iran. The results of the Structural Equation Modelling showed thatpersonal standards perfectionism and self-compassion negatively predicted depression, andevaluative concerns perfectionism positively predicted depression. Results from a multi-group analysis suggested that self-compassion moderated th...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - March 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Positive Thinking is Not Adaptive Thinking: A Cognitive-Behavioral Take on Interpretation Bias Modification for Social Anxiety
AbstractInterpretation biases are a core feature of social anxiety. Used to automatically train positive interpretation biases, the existing versions of Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I) render mixed results. The current study presents the development and testing of a one-session novel adaptation of CBM-I for social anxiety that provides an adaptive instead of a positive meaning to socially loaded situations. Informed by Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy and latest theoretical upgrades, we argue that biases exist on a continuum from adaptive to maladaptive and defining them by valence may fuel unrealis...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - March 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Maultsby ’s Rational Behavior Therapy: Background, Description, Practical Applications, and Recent Developments
We describe RBT’s valuable concepts and effective techniques in such a way that readers ma y readily start using them to complement and enhance any other form of cognitive behavior therapy. An article comparing RBT with REBT and CBT will follow. (Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy)
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Gender Differences in the Organizational Structure of the Rational/Irrational Beliefs in Depressive Symptoms
AbstractWe conduct a cross-sectional study to examine gender differences in the organizational structure of irrational/rational beliefs in the symptoms of depression in a sample of undergraduate students (N  =  476). The findings suggest that the psychological distress and health models of REBT are valid for both genders. The demandingness, as the primary irrational belief process, indirectly predicts depressive symptoms through the secondary irrational belief process (awfulizing) for both males and fem ales. However, there are some gender differences. Frustration intolerance has a unique contribution to the symptoms o...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Rational Emotive Family Health Therapy for Reducing Parenting Stress in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Group Randomized Control Study
AbstractStudies have shown that parents of children with autism spectrum disorders experience stress in parenting their children (e.g. Anyanwu et al. in Glob J Health Sci 11(8):51 –60, 2019; Ayers in Self-care: why parents of children with disabilities must nurture themselves, 2012.http://www.disaboom.com/childrewithdisabilities; Bonis in Issues Mental Health Nurs 37:153 –163, 2016). The current study examined the effect of rational emotive family health therapy (REFHT) on parenting stress in families of children with autism spectrum disorders. A total of 128 participants allocated randomly to the intervention group an...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A Turkish Translation of a Measure of Irrational and Rational Beliefs: Reliability, Validity Studies and Confirmation of the Four Cognitive Processes Model
This study adapted the Attitudes and Belief Scale-2 (ABS-2) into Turkish and investigated its factor structure, criterion-related validity, and psychometric properties. The ABS-2 assesses REBT ’s irrational and rational beliefs. Each item reflects one of the four cognitive processes thought identified the theory to reflect irrationality or rationality. These include demandingness versus preferences, awfulizing versus realistic negative evaluations, frustration intolerance versus toleran ce, and self-condemnation versus self-acceptance. Each item reflects one of three content areas of achievement, affiliation, or comfort....
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - February 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Targeting Trauma-Related Beliefs in PTSD with Behavioral Experiments: Illustrative Case Study
AbstractCognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) with traditional written thought records is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A potential barrier to targeting trauma-related beliefs with traditional thought records is that typically the resulting behavioral avoidance from the trauma-related belief limits the experiences (i.e., evidence) which are available to draw from when evaluating a thought —there can be an absence of discrepant experiences due to avoidance. Another major approach to cognitive restructuring in the cognitive and behavioral therapies is through behavioral experiments (BE) whic...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - January 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Academic Procrastination, School Attachment, and Life Satisfaction: A Mediation Model
AbstractThe aim of the current study was to investigate the associations between school attachment, academic procrastination and life satisfaction and the mediating effect of academic procrastination. The mediation model was tested with 324 adolescents [173(53.4%) female, 151(46.6%) male,Mage = 17.07,SD = 2.28]. School Attachment Scale, Academic Procrastination Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale were filled out. The results indicated that there were significant associations among school attachment, academic procrastination, and life satisfaction. Mediation analysis revealed that academic procrastination partia...
Source: Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - January 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research