Irrational beliefs, optimism, pessimism, and psychological distress: A preliminary examination of differential effects in a college population | Zendy

Chang Edward C. | Zendy; Bridewell Will B. | Zendy

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Irrational beliefs, optimism, pessimism, and psychological distress: A preliminary examination of differential effects in a college population

Author(s) -

Chang Edward C.,

Bridewell Will B.

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

journal of clinical psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124

H-Index - 119

eISSN - 1097-4679

pISSN - 0021-9762

DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199802)54:2<137::aid-jclp2>3.0.co;2-p

Subject(s) - pessimism , psychology , optimism , irrational number , psychological distress , population , distress , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , mental health , medicine , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , environmental health , epistemology

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 and 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 Therapy are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 54: 137–142, 1998.

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