Relationship of Endorsement of Rational Beliefs, Age, Months in Treatment, and Intelligence to Overt Behavior of Emotionally Disturbed Children

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ID13677986
AuthorsTheodore Wasserman (0000-0003-0286-3347, Child Guidance Center, corresponding author), Theodore H Wasserman (Astor Child Guidance Center, Bronx, New York), Daniel J Vogrin (Astor Child Guidance Center, Bronx, New York)
Year1979
Volume44
Issue3
Pages911-917
Publication date1979-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1979.44.3.911
PMID482512
OpenAlexW2080573002
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

The present study investigated the relationship between endorsement of the 11 irrational beliefs described by Ellis (1962) and overt behavior by 27 emotionally disturbed and learning disabled children. Additional variables included were IQ, age, and months in treatment. Prior to involvement in the study all children received a standardized training program. Analysis indicated that knowledge of the therapy was directly correlated but not strongly with behavioral measures of self-reliance, control, and ability to take initiative in school situations. However, endorsement of the beliefs alone only predicts overt behavior (the child's willingness to blame external events for his problems) when the child's age was taken into account. Intelligence and months in treatment did not correlate with the behavioral demonstration of knowledge of the beliefs. Age appears to have specific bearing on the feasibility of using a cognitively based treatment as a psychotherapeutic intervention

Blame · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Psychological Treatments and Assessments · Psychology · Social Psychology

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