While numerous studies support Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Theory (REBT), they tend to be limited by their use of correlational designs, simulated scenarios and self-report measures. This study tested a core REBT hypothesis in an experimental design using multiple physiological as well as psychological measures. Ninety patients from a medical practice were placed in a real-life stress...

The identification of specific characteristics that are associated with superstition may help to avoid the many risks (e.g. health anxiety, irrational behavior, emotional maladjustment) involved with extreme superstitious belief. This study examines two possible correlates of superstition: religiosity and locus of control. ANOVA suggest that levels of religiosity do not have a significant relat...

The objective of this article is to determine the differences in irrational beliefs among secondary school students from a Center for Alternative Basic Education, according gender and age group. This a descriptive study with comparative descriptive design. population was obtained through census, and made up 161 students both sexes first fourth grade school. The Albert Ellis ...

Critics in turn have raised a number of now-classic challenges. According to intellectualism, deliberately choosing which beliefs to hold is practically impossible; according to the many-gods objection, Pascal’s wager begs the question and hence is irrational; according to evidentialism, Pascalian reasoning is epistemically irresponsible and hence immoral; and according to various paradoxes, re...

In this study, it was examined whether the anxiety and aggression observed in children were predicted by irrational beliefs anxieties of parents, marital conflict perceived children, automatic thoughts problem solving skills. The study group is comprised 304 elementary school fourth-grade students (170 females 134 males) attending a state located city İzmir, Turkey, during 2016-2017 academic ye...

Savulescu maintains that our paper, which encourages clinicians to honour requests for "inappropriate treatment" is prejudicial to his atheistic beliefs, and therefore wrong. In this paper we clarify and expand on our ideas, and respond to his assertion that medicine, ethics and atheism are objective, rational and true, while religion is irrational and false.

Introduction. The use of online social networks has become widespread among the young. Although it may have beneficial effects, been established that some people develop problematic or excessive which negatively impact their psychosocial functioning. Objective. aim present study was to investigate emerging adults and explore whether irrational rational beliefs as conceptualized within Rational-...