Role Of Irrational Beliefs Research Articles

The role of irrational beliefs in the relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and disordered eating in two general student samples

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are associated with disordered eating and negative mood. The purpose of this study was to examine whether irrational beliefs mediate this relationship along with previously reported mediators such as depression and impulsivity. Irrational beliefs trigger negative automatic thoughts which are believed, in cognitive behavior therapies, to be a source of psychopathology. Challenges brought about by symptoms of ADHD may lead to habitual emotion-eliciting thought patterns which, in turn, could lead to negative mood and disordered eating. Undergraduate students (N = 127) completed online questionnaires assessing ADHD symptoms and disordered eating and several potential mediators including irrational beliefs, depression, impulsivity, interoceptive accuracy, and reward responsiveness. The results, which were replicated in a second study (N = 254), indicated that irrational beliefs and depression mediated the relationship between ADHD symptoms and disordered eating. In the second study, impulsivity due to negative urgency was also a mediator. These findings support the theory that the symptoms of ADHD lead to enhancement of irrational beliefs, depression, and negative urgency which are linked to disordered eating.

"I must be perfect": The role of irrational beliefs and perfectionism on the competitive anxiety of Hungarian athletes.

In this study the influence of irrational beliefs and perfectionism on the emergence of competitive anxiety was investigated. While previous studies indicate that higher irrational beliefs predict greater competitive anxiety, in the present study it is hypothesized that this relationship is mediated by perfectionism. A serial atemporal multiple mediation analysis revealed that both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism were significant partial mediators between irrational beliefs and competitive anxiety. The total score and all four subscale scores on irrational beliefs had both direct and indirect effects on cognitive competitive anxiety, the latter effects mediated by both forms of perfectionism. Depreciation beliefs had a direct effect, and demandingness and awfulizing had indirect effects, on somatic competitive anxiety when both forms of perfectionism were entered as mediators. These findings suggest that both irrational beliefs and perfectionism influence the emergence of competitive anxiety, therefore rational emotive behavioral therapy with a focus upon perfectionism may be an effective means of reducing competitive anxiety in athletes.

The role of irrational beliefs and motivation regulation in worker mental health and work engagement: A latent profile analysis.

Research concerning rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) and autonomous and controlled motivation within athletic settings is burgeoning. It is proposed that irrational beliefs (i.e., illogical, rigid, and extreme) together with controlled forms of motivation, can determine psychological well-being and physical health in these contexts. For example, research indicates that extreme negative self-evaluation (i.e., self-depreciation) is related to more controlled (less autonomous) motivation regulation, which may underpin poorer health. Though, research is yet to understand the concomitant influence of both irrational beliefs and motivation regulation on work related variables such as presenteeism, persistence and turnover intention, as well as non-work-related variables such as life satisfaction and mental-wellbeing. The present two study paper examines the latent profile structure of irrational beliefs and motivation regulation, and how these latent profiles relate to health and work-related variables. Across studies 1 and 2, results indicated a two-class profile whereby class 1 is characterised by low irrational beliefs and high self-determined motivation (low irrational engagement), and class 2 is characterised by high irrational beliefs and low self-determined motivation (high irrational engagement). Those in Class 2 reported poorer life satisfaction, persistence, and presenteeism, as well as greater depression, anxiety, stress, intention to quit, and absenteeism than those in class 1. Thus, findings indicate that poorer work and health outcomes are associated with greater irrational work engagement. The findings are discussed in relation to the practical implications for occupational workers.

The relationship of security needs with irrational beliefs among medical students

Introduction. Irrational beliefs as distortions in the perception of reality are characteristic of the representatives of many professions, including medical professionals. Effective work to overcome them, which should begin at the training stage, can be carried out only if the nature of the relationship between irrational beliefs and different factors, where needs, including security needs, playing an important role, is identifiedAim. The current research aims to identify the relationship between security needs and irrational beliefs among medical students.Research methodology. The authors tested the hypothesis of the relationship between the need for danger and the beliefs of the antisocial and aggressive types, the need for security with the beliefs of the dependent and avoidant types, the need for security with the beliefs of the obsessive-compulsive type, taking into account the gender and age of students. The study involved 277 (70 males and 197 females) junior and senior students of the Ivanovo State Medical Academy, with an average age of 19.25 ± 2.41 years old. As a diagnostic tool, the questionnaire developed by the authors was used to identify the needs for danger and safety as well as a list of irrational beliefs of A. Beck and A. Freeman.Results and scientific novelty. As a result, it was found that there were no significant differences in the studied parameters among both men and women. Both of them showed a positive relationship of irrational beliefs of the obsessive-compulsive type with the need for safety and a negative relationship with the need for danger, and beliefs of the dependent type – with the need for safety. Differences were found depending on the age. The need for security was negatively associated with anti-social beliefs among first-year students, and with passive- aggressive beliefs among senior students. The need for security among first-year students is positively correlated with the beliefs of the dependent type, and among senior students – with the beliefs of the avoidant type.Practical significance. The results obtained significantly supplement the data available in psychology on the role of irrational beliefs in meeting security needs. The research findings can also be used in the process of professional training of future medical students as well as in the work of the psychological service of universities.

The predictors of the negative self-concept in the puberty, adolescence, and emerging adulthood stages: The roles of the irrational beliefs, egocentrism, and gender

Objective: This study aimed to examine the predictive role of adolescent egocentrism, irrational beliefs, and gender on the negative self-perception levels of individuals in different stages of development. Methods: This research was conducted with cross-sectional and correlational research designs. The study included 667 people age ranging from 13 to 24 years who attended various classes of secondary schools, high schools, and universities. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to examine whether imaginary audience, personal fable, irrational beliefs, and gender variables predicted negative self-concept levels of the participants. Brief Symptom Inventory for Adolescents, Irrational Beliefs Scale Adult and Adolescent Form, Egocentrism Scales Adult and Adolescent Form were used as data collection tools. The analyses were carried out separately for the participants in puberty (13-15), adolescence (16-18) and emerging adulthood (19-24) stages. Results: At the end of the study, in all three developmental periods, it was determined that the imaginary audience and irrational beliefs were positive predictors of the negative self-concept. In addition, it was founded that irrational beliefs have a partial mediator role in the relationship between negative self-concept and imaginary audience of adolescents and emerging adults. Discussion: It has been concluded that intervention studies on irrational beliefs of adolescents and emerging adults may partially heal or even prevent the negative effects of the imaginary audience on self-concept.

The Role of Irrational Beliefs, Mindfulness and Perceived Social Support in Predicting the Social Health of Diabetic Patients

The Role of Irrational Beliefs, Mindfulness and Perceived Social Support in Predicting the Social Health of Diabetic Patients

The role of irrational beliefs in the sport behavior of female student in different stages of exercise behavior change

هدف: هدف از این پژوهش بررسی ارتباط بین باورهای غیرمنطقی و شدت رفتار ورزشی و نیز پیش­بینی مرحله رفتار تمرینی افراد بر اساس سازه­های باورهای غیرمنطقی بود. روش­ها: 190 دانشجوی دختر دانشگاه دامغان به روش خوشه­ای تصادفی انتخاب و پرسشنامه­های مراحل رفتار تمرینی کاردینال (1997)، باورهای غیرمنطقی اهواز (2005) و مقیاس رفتار ورزشی گودین و شفارد (1985) را تکمیل کردند. برای پیش­بینی شدت رفتار ورزشی بر اساس سازه­های باورهای غیرمنطقی از تحلیل رگرسیون خطی چندگانه و به­منظور پیش­بینی مرحله رفتار تمرینی افراد از تحلیل رگرسیون تشخیصی استفاده شد. نتایج: نتایج نشان داد بین باورهای غیرمنطقی و اشتغال به رفتار ورزشی، ارتباط منفی معنی­داری وجود دارد و مدل پیش­بین سازه­های باورهای غیرمنطقی بر میزان رفتار ورزشی معنی­دار بود. با توجه به نتایج، دو متغیر درماندگی در برابر تغییر و از مشکل توانستند تغییرات مربوط به میزان رفتار ورزشی را پیش­بینی کنند. تابع تشخیصی به درستی 3/45 درصد از 190 شرکت کننده را به درستی در مراحل رفتار، طبقه­بندی نمود. نتیجه­گیری: نتایج این پژوهش به وضوح نشان داد که باورهای غیرمنطقی با عدم اشتغال به رفتار ورزشی مرتبط است و سازه­های مهم آن (درماندگی در برابر و اجتناب از مشکل) نقش اصلی در طبقه­بندی افراد در مراحل مختلف رفتار دارد.

Functional Recovery after Stroke: Role of Irrational Beliefs

Functional Recovery after Stroke: Role of Irrational Beliefs

The role of Irrational Beliefs and attitudes to death in Quality of Life in Elderly

The role of Irrational Beliefs and attitudes to death in Quality of Life in Elderly

The Impact of Irrational Beliefs on Paranoid Thoughts

Although the ABC model proposed by cognitive behavioral theory has strong empirical support for a wide range of psychological problems, little is known about the role of irrational beliefs (IBs), a central concept of the ABC model, in the aetiology of paranoid thoughts, one of the most common psychotic symptoms. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of IBs on paranoid thoughts and people's perceptions of others. Eighty-one non-clinical participants (m age = 21.21 years, SD = 2.72, range 18-33; 83.95% female) recruited for this study were randomly assigned to one of the two conditions: IBs or rational beliefs (RBs). In a role-play paradigm, subjects were asked to imagine holding a list of IBs or RBs, respectively, while being exposed to a neutral social context in a virtual reality environment. In line with the ABC model, results indicate that IBs lead to significantly higher levels of state paranoid thoughts and more negative perceptions of others than RBs, even after controlling for participants' baseline irrationality and trait paranoia [F (5,68) = 11.23, p < .001, Wilk's λ = .54, partial η2 = .45]. The findings of this paper suggest that IBs might play an aetiological role in the occurrence of paranoid thoughts. Practical and theoretical implications of these results are also considered.

Role of Irrational Beliefs and Anger Rumination on Nurses’ Anger Expression Styles

The aim of this study was to identify whether certain cognitive factors, such as irrational beliefs and anger rumination, affect nurses' anger expression styles. A total of 335 nurses employed at four tertiary hospitals in Korea completed surveys between July 29 and September 25, 2015. The surveys included Shortened General Attitude and Belief Scale, the Korean Version of the Anger Rumination Scale, and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-Korean version. Results revealed that higher levels of irrational beliefs and anger rumination were associated with more anger-in and anger-out, and less anger-control expressions. Findings indicate that the presence of specific cognitive characteristics could lead to maladaptive anger expressions. Active consideration of these cognitive risk factors is essential when developing anger-management programs for nurses.

Mediating Role of Irrational Beliefs in the Relationship between the Quality of Family Communication and Marital Satisfaction

Mediating Role of Irrational Beliefs in the Relationship between the Quality of Family Communication and Marital Satisfaction

The Mediating Role of Irrational Beliefs between Parenting Style, Interpersonal Style and Conflict Tendency

The Mediating Role of Irrational Beliefs between Parenting Style, Interpersonal Style and Conflict Tendency

Irrational Beliefs and Attention Bias Towards Symptoms-Related Stimuli in Maintaining Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Results from a Pilot Study

Recent etiopathogenic theories of gastrointestinal conditions state that information processing biases can be a possible major factor involved in the aetiology and maintenance of these conditions. This exploratory study investigated the role of attention biases (AB) towards symptoms-related cues in gastrointestinal patients with respect to symptom maintenance, simultaneously taking into consideration the role of irrational beliefs. We included 32 patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal conditions. Patients completed a battery of psychological tests and an experimental task aimed to measure the preferential attention processing of linguistic stimuli related to gastrointestinal symptoms when they compete for attention resources with neutral stimuli. AB was positively related to irrational beliefs [r(31) = .376, p = .037] and analgesics use [r(32) = .518, p = .002], but not to self-report gastrointestinal symptoms [r(30) = −.165, p = .382]. Irrational beliefs correlated with pain catastrophizing [r(31) = .373, p = .039], but not to gastrointestinal symptoms, pain intensity, visceral sensitivity or negative emotions; however, pain catastrophizing correlated with all of these. Taken together, our results suggest that core irrational beliefs action as general vulnerability factors that trigger specific implicit and explicit cognitive mechanisms (i.e., AB, pain catastrophizing) involved in the onset and maintenance of symptoms. Future experimental studies should test the robustness of these results in larger samples and aim to further advance our understanding of how cognitive factors interact and potentiate each other in generating and maintaining debilitating suffering.

Compulsive Buying: The Role of Irrational Beliefs, Materialism, and Narcissism

Our goal was to examine how irrational beliefs, materialism, and narcissism relate to and predict compulsive buying. One hundred and fifty-five (155) undergraduate women completed the Compulsive-Buying Scale, the Irrational Beliefs Inventory, the Material Values Scale-Short Form, and the 16-item Narcissistic Personality Inventory. As expected, irrational beliefs and materialism were correlated and predicted compulsive buying. Additionally, irrational beliefs were associated with compulsive buying only for those who scored high in narcissism. Examining the Irrational Beliefs Inventory subscales, Problem Avoidance and Rigidity were the sole subscales that predicted compulsive buying. Implications for the amelioration and treatment of compulsive buying are discussed.

Role of irrational beliefs in depression and anxiety: a review

Irrational beliefs play a central role in cognitive theory and therapy; they have been shown to be related to a variety of disorders such as depression and anxiety. Irrational beliefs, which can be assessed via clinical interviewing techniques, are frequently assessed by self-report measures, both clinically and for research purposes. Much of the research demonstrating the effect of irrational beliefs has utilized such measures. The present article reviews the empirical work on irrational beliefs assessment and identifies 25 scales and techniques. The measures are organized according to their theoretical affiliation (i.e., either the Ellis or Beck model), with the goal of providing investigators a source to identify the available tests, their shortcomings, and potential applications. The authors conclude with recommendations which would strengthen empirical cohesion and precision in the measurement of irrational beliefs.

Irrational evaluations and antisocial behavior of adolescents

The principles of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy point out to the role of irrational beliefs in the occurrence of aggressive and antisocial behavior. The goal of this research is to determine whether there are links between irrational beliefs and self-assessment of antisocial behavior and whether there are differences with respect to irrational beliefs between the young who were sentenced by juvenile court judges compared to the control group. The research was conducted on two subsamples - the first consisted of male adolescents (N=116), aged 16 to 19, and the second comprised male adolescents 50 out of whom were sentenced by juvenile court judges, aged averagely 17 and a half, and 50 members of the control group. The modified version of the General Attitude and Belief Scale (GABS) (Maric, 2002, 2003) and Antisocial Behavior Scale (ABS) (Opacic, 2010, in print) were used. Multiple regression analysis showed that the best predictor of the score on antisocial behavior scale was ?the demand for absolute correctness of others and their devaluation?, followed by the aspiration towards perfectionism and success which acts as the factor that reduces the probability of antisocial behavior. Almost identical results were obtained by group comparison. The obtained results provide guidelines for designing preventive programs (sketched in the discussion) that would be able to reduce the frequency of aggressive and antisocial behavior at adolescent age.

Predictors of Traumatic Brain Injury Caregiver Adjustment and the Role of Irrational Beliefs: Towards a Cognitive Model

The provision of care to a relative with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been shown to be distressing for the primary caregiver (usually the spouse or parent). Much research has examined factors which affect caregiver adjustment to brain injury. However, the impact of caregiver cognitions, in particular irrational beliefs, as a potential factor in poor adjustment, has received little if any attention in the TBI caregiving literature. This article provides a review of predictors of TBI caregiver adjustment and a discussion of the cognitive model and the impact of irrational beliefs on adjustment. As caregivers are central to the rehabilitation process, there is a need for research into irrational beliefs and TBI caregivers as well as the development of interventions which focus specifically on the caregiver's beliefs and perceptions of events.

Irrational beliefs in the cause and treatment of emotional distress: A critical review of the rational-emotive model

The rational-emotive model of emotional adjustment and psychotherapy (Ellis, 1962) has had a significant impact in clinical psychology during the past two decades. This model has generated a substantial body of research concerning the role of irrational beliefs in the cause and therapeutic alteration of emotional distress. While this body of literature is often cited as supportive evidence for the rational-emotive model, recent criticism of such conclusions have underscored the need for a more critical review of this literature. The present review represents an attempt to critically evaluate the literature concerning the assessment of irrational beliefs, the role of irrational beliefs in causing emotional distress, and the role of irrational beliefs in the treatment of emotional distress. While little disconfirming evidence is found in this literature and a substantial amount of the research findings are consistent with the rational-emotive model, methodological problems and gaps in the literature preclude more than tentative conclusions regarding the model's accuracy. These methodological problems and gaps in existing research as well as suggestions for future research and theory are discussed.