IRRATIONAL BELIEFS, OPTIMISM, PESSIMISM, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS -A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS IN A COLLEGE POPULATION

Authors
CHANG EC BRIDEWELL WB
Citation
Ec. Chang et Wb. Bridewell, IRRATIONAL BELIEFS, OPTIMISM, PESSIMISM, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS -A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS IN A COLLEGE POPULATION, Journal of clinical psychology, 54(2), 1998, pp. 137-142
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Journal of clinical psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219762
Volume
54
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
137 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9762(1998)54:2<137:IBOPAP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The present study compared the effects of irrational beliefs measured by the Survey of Personal Beliefs (SPB) and optimism and pessimism as measured by the revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) on depressive an d anxious symptoms 6 weeks later. Results of analysis of variances for both measures of psychological distress indicated a significant main effect for pessimism only. Implications for Ellis' Rational Emotive Th erapy are discussed. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons. Inc.