Irrational Beliefs in Predicting Child Behavior and Emotions

Smidt, Dana; Kassay, Kimberly A.; Terjesen, Mark D.; White, Christine M.

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“…The 36-items create the Total Irrationality Scale however the measure also includes four core factors: self-downing ("I am not good enough"), intolerance of frustrating rules ("I can't stand following rules"), intolerance of work frustration ("School work is too difficult") and demands for fairness ("Others should treat me fairly"). Previous research reported the CASI to have good to moderate reliability of the subscales (Smidt et al, 2009). Previous research has found the CASI to have internal reliability of Cronbach's alpha of 0.92 (Terjesen et al, 2017).…”

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Irrational Beliefs Among Competitive High School Student Athletes: Are they General or Context-Driven?

Everson

Terjesen

2023

J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther

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While student-athletes strive for high performance both athletically and academically, understanding the role of beliefs as it relates to objective measures of performance has not been readily studied (Turner and Barker in J Appl Sport Psychol 25:131–147, 2013) and even less so among youth. This research examined if irrational beliefs that are context specific to performance settings (academic vs. athletic) are more predictive of academic and athletic performance than those more general irrational beliefs among 30 high-school student athlete basketball players. While both general and context-specific irrational beliefs were predictive of athletic performance as measured by performance analysis from game video footage and academic performance as measured by Grade Point Average, there were no differences in terms of their predictive ability. Implications for researchers and practitioners are provided to guide the scholarly research and applied implications regarding the role of specific beliefs as it relates to performance with this population.

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Irrational Beliefs Among Competitive High School Student Athletes: Are they General or Context-Driven?

Everson

Terjesen

2023

J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther

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“…Thus, the internal consistency of the instrument in this study was 0.84 Alpha. The reliability of Children Adolescent Scale of Irrationality has been validated across studies [42] and Romanian. [43]…”

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Raising the self-esteem and reducing irrational beliefs of schoolchildren: The moderating and main effect study

Ede

Okeke

Oneli³

2023

Medicine

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Background: Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses studies have called for moderators of treatment outcomes and their main effect with regard to disadvantaged populations. In view of that, this study investigated the impacts and moderators of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) on the self-esteem and irrational beliefs of Schoolchildren in Ebonyi State Nigeria. Methods: A group randomized controlled design was utilized to assign 55 schoolchildren to the treatment group and 55 schoolchildren to waitlisted control group. Two self-report measures (Self-Esteem Scale and Children Adolescent Scale of Irrationality) were used to assess the participants. There were pretest, posttest, and follow-up tests given at different intervals to ascertain the baseline, main effect, and long-term effects of the treatment. The data collected were analyzed using a 2-way analysis of covariance statistic. Results: The results of the 2-way analysis of covariance demonstrated a difference between participants in the waitlisted control group at the pretest, posttest, and follow-up test and a positive improvement in schoolchildren with illogical beliefs as a result of exposure to REBT intervention. It was discovered that the REBT intervention changed schoolchildren’s self-esteem and irrational views into rational ones. A later test result supported the intervention’s consistent and significant effects in lowering illogical beliefs and raising students’ self-esteem. The results also showed that there is no connection between gender and group membership. Conclusion: This study suggests that REBT is a significant treatment strategy that reduces irrational beliefs and improves the self-esteem of primary school children. Based on these outcomes, further studies should replicate the study in other cultures with such a disadvantaged group.

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Irrational Beliefs in Predicting Child Behavior and Emotions

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Irrational Beliefs Among Competitive High School Student Athletes: Are they General or Context-Driven?

Irrational Beliefs Among Competitive High School Student Athletes: Are they General or Context-Driven?

Raising the self-esteem and reducing irrational beliefs of schoolchildren: The moderating and main effect study

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