Cognitive Belief Systems and Their Persistence

Test-Retest Reliability of the Rational Behavior Inventory

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ID13660681
AuthorsBruce A Thyer (0000-0003-3864-9115, University of Michigan, corresponding author), James D Papsdorf (University of Michigan), Lynette Neal (University of Michigan)
Year1983
Volume53
Issue3
Pages915-918
Publication date1983-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1983.53.3.915
OpenAlexW2163440035
LanguageEN
References cited11

It is a basic tenet of rational emotive and other cognitive restructuring psychotherapies that irrational belief systems are relatively stable constructs. The present study investigated this premise by examining the 10-wk. test-retest reliability of the Rational Behavior Inventory, a well-documented measure of irrational beliefs, employing a sample of 74 undergraduates. Correlations between scores for the first and second administrations of the inventory were moderate to high, and significant. There were no significant differences in scores taken at the beginning and end of 10 wk. These data confirm that irrational beliefs exhibit temporal stability

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive restructuring · Developmental psychology · Irrational number · Persistence (discontinuity · Premise · Psychiatry · Reliability (semiconductor · Test (biology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Mathematics · Psychological Treatments and Assessments · Psychology · Social Psychology

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