Irrational Beliefs 20

IRRATIONAL BELIEFS AT COUNTRY LEVEL FUNCTIONING: A CROSS-CULTURAL EXTENSION OF THE COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL MODEL

Monica Bianca BARTUCZ 1,2, Daniel Ovidiu DAVID 2,3,4 daniel.david @ubbcluj.ro 1 Evidence-Based Assessment and Psychological Interventions Doctoral School, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2 International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 3 Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 4 Department of Population Health […]

THE EFFECT OF AN INTEGRATIVE CBT/REBT INTERVENTION IN IMPROVING EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY IN ROMANIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Cosmin POPA1, Răzvan Predatu2,3 razvan.predatu@gmail.com Abstract The current study investigated the effects of an integrative CBT/REBT intervention on anxiety symptoms, negative emotions, irrational beliefs (IBs) and emotional stability in a sample of anxious medical students. In addition, we examined the role of IBs as a predictor of changes in anxiety symptoms, negative emotions, and emotional […]

MEASURING PSYCHOLOGICAL INSULIN RESISTANCE FROM THE RATIONAL EMOTIVE AND BEHAVIORAL THERAPY PERSPECTIVE: DEVELOPMENT OF THE BELIEFS ABOUT INSULIN SCALE

Amfiana Gherman*1 *amfiana.gherman@ubbcluj.ro 1Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Abstract The main goal of this study was the construction of a scale that measures functional and dysfunctional beliefs about insulin from the perspective of Rational Emotive and Behavioral Therapy. Beliefs about Insulin Scale (BIS) has two major subscales, specific dysfunctional beliefs (absolute demands, awfulizing, low frustration […]

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRATEGIES THAT DOWNREGULATE POSITIVE AFFECT AND IRRATIONAL BELIEFS IN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS

Diana G. Căzănescu1*, Aurora Szentagotai-Tătar2 *cazanescu.diana@gmail.com 1Evidence-based Assessment and Psychological Interventions Doctoral School; The International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania 2Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, The International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania Abstract While research […]

THE IMPACT OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL BELIEFS ON EXAM DISTRESS; A FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE BINARY MODEL OF DISTRESS AS AN EMOTIONAL REGULATION MODEL

Terry DILORENZO*1, Daniel DAVID2, 3, Guy H. MONTGOMERY 3 1Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, New-York, USA 2Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 3Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA Abstract The aims of the present study are to examine the relations between both general and specific rational and irrational beliefs, personality characteristics (optimism, pessimism), […]

THE ROLE OF IRRATIONAL BELIEFS, BROODING AND REFLECTIVE PONDERING IN PREDICTING DISTRESS

Paul Lucian SZASZ Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Abstract The present study investigated the relationships between two forms of ruminative thoughts, brooding, and reflective processing, in relation with irrational beliefs and their impact on distress. While significant amount of data support the role of irrational beliefs and depressive rumination as vulnerability factors in distress, no attempts […]

IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT SELF-ESTEEM AND IRRATIONAL BELIEFS

Florin A. SAVA, Laurenţiu P. MARICUŢOIU, Silvia RUSU, Irina MACSINGA, Delia VÎRGĂ West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania Abstract The relationship between irrational beliefs and explicit and implicit self-esteem was examined in two consecutive studies (N1 = 117; N2 = 102) conducted on undergraduate university students. Two robust findings were the negative correlation between explicit […]

A GROUNDED COGNITION PERSPECTIVE ON IRRATIONAL BELIEFS IN RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY

Knowledge has been the subject of different controversial theories in psychology; recently the idea that knowledge is grounded in the modal systems of the brain has gained considerable evidence. This paper discusses applications of the grounded cognition theory to irrational beliefs, a main concept of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), proposed as core cognitive vulnerabilities for emotional disorders. Irrational beliefs, as grounded maladaptive emotional knowledge structures are considered the result of interactions between linguistic representations and simulations in motivational and emotional brain processing circuits. It is proposed that irrational beliefs (e.g., demandingness) are represented by distorted simulations in motivational and emotional brain processing circuits that bias the online processing of activating events. This biased emotional processing generates emotional disturbance. A three-level model of irrational beliefs is presented. The impact of irrational beliefs on emotions can be analyzed at the verbal or linguistic symbols level, at the simulations and modal symbols level and at the level of relations between verbal symbols and modal symbols. Maladaptive mechanisms and proposed corrective cognitive interventions are analyzed at each level. We conclude that a grounded perspective on irrational beliefs increases the explanatory power of the REBT theory of emotions.

MALADAPTIVE SCHEMAS, IRRATIONAL BELIEFS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIVE-FACTOR PERSONALITY MODEL

This paper examined the relationship between the Five-Factor model of personality and some maladaptive schemas and irrational beliefs as suggested by the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) framework. Data were gathered from 154 undergraduate students who completed four measures: DECAS Personality Inventory (a Romanian validated instrument for the Five-Factor model of personality), YSQ – L2 (Young Schema Questionnaire), ABS-2 (Attitudes and Beliefs Scale 2), and GABS-SV (General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale – Short Version). Emotional stability and agreeableness were negatively related to maladaptive schemas and irrational beliefs. While emotional stability was negatively associated with almost all schemas and irrational beliefs, agreeableness was inversely linked with schemas involved in externalizing psychopathology, such as mistrust, abandonment, entitlement and domination.

TEACHER IRRATIONAL BELIEF SCALE – PRELIMINARY NORMS FOR ROMANIAN POPULATION

The purpose of this study is the adaptation of the Teacher Irrational Belief Scale – TIBS (Bernard, 1988). The scale was administered to a sample of 242 teachers from 4 high schools and 4 general schools. Our results are, on the whole, consistent with those obtained in earlier normative studies conducted on Australian population. The internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach’s Alpha) for the three beliefs and the global score ranged from .48 to .74, which are adequate for using the scale in reliable conditions. The factor analysis revealed 3 principal factors for the Romanian population, related to 3 core irrational beliefs (low frustration tolerance, self –downing and other demandingness). These results are different from those reported on Australian population, where 4 factors were found – low frustration tolerance, self-downing, authoritarianism and demand for justice, but authoritarianism and demand for justice seem to describe Ellis’s major irrational belief - other demandingness. The scores of TIBS are related to the scores of the Attitudes and Beliefs Scale 2 (ABS 2).

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