Abstract
A correlational investigation was undertaken examining the relationships between irrational beliefs, as measured by the Rational Behavior Inventory, and phobic anxiety, as measured by the Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia. Two samples of subjects were studied, a clinically anxious group ( N=47) and a non- anxious group ( N=73). Modest and statistically significant correlations were found between irrational thinking and anxiety, but these relationships were strongest among the analog sample of subjects, not the clinical sample. These results call for caution in generalizing results obtained from analog samples to clinical ones, and highlight the necessity for cognitive research to develop investigatory strategies designed to isolate the causal relationships between maladaptive thinking patterns and the anxiety disorders.
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