The Development of a Measure of Irrational/Rational Beliefs
The Development of a Measure of Irrational/Rational Beliefs
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DOI：
10.1007/s10942-017-0273-3
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Robin, Mitchell W.
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作者：
DiGiuseppe, Raymond;Leaf, Russell;Robin, Mitchell W.
态度和信念量表-2 (ABS-2) 于 20 世纪 80 年代末开发，用于衡量埃利斯的非理性和理性信念。尽管没有出版物描述该仪器并且仅出现在会议演示中，但许多研究人员已使用 ABS-2 来测试 REBT。本文介绍了 ABS-2 的发展及其心理测量特性的原始研究。该量表具有三个因子，代表 4 x 2 x 3 因子模型中的 24 个不同单元格。第一个因素，认知过程，反映了埃利斯的要求、可怕、沮丧不容忍和自我贬低的概念。第二个因素涵盖措辞不合理的项目与措辞合理的项目。理性措辞的项目是为了对抗非理性信念而写的。第三个因素包括个人可能关心的内容或生活主题，包括成就、归属感和舒适度。 ABS-2 生成总分、总非理性分、总理性分以及代表四个认知过程域和三个内容域的量表分数。 ABS-2 分数表现出足够到极好的内部一致性，并且与抑郁、焦虑、生活满意度、自我控制、幸福感和内化人格障碍的测量显着相关。 ABS-2 与愤怒、外化型人格障碍、躁狂症和躯体形式障碍的测量没有显着相关。探索性因素分析为量表的因素结构提供了微弱的支持。 ABS-2 分数区分正常样本和临床样本。措辞合理的项目比措辞不合理的量表更好地区分临床和非临床组，这表明仅评估非理性信念的工具可能会低估对 REBT 的支持。
The Attitudes and Belief Scale-2 (ABS-2) developed in the late 1980s, is a measure of Ellis' irrational and rational beliefs. Although no publication has described the instrument and it has only appeared in conference presentations, many researchers have used the ABS-2 to test REBT. This article describes the development of the ABS-2 and the original research on its psychometric properties. The scale has three factors that represent 24 different cells in a 4 x 2 x 3 factorial model. The first factor, Cognitive Processes, reflects Ellis' concepts of Demandingness, Awfulizing, Frustration Intolerance, and Self-Downing. The second factor covers irrationally worded items versus rationally worded items. The rationally worded items were written to counter the irrational beliefs. The third factor includes content or life themes about which the person could be concerned, and includes Achievement, Affiliation, and Comfort. The ABS-2 generates a Total Score, a Total Irrationality Score, a Total Rationality score, and Scales scores representing each of the four Cognitive Processes domains and each of the three Content domains. The ABS-2 scores demonstrate adequate to excellent internal consistency, and correlate significantly with measures of depression, anxiety, life satisfaction, selfcontrol, well-being, and measures of internalizing personality disorders. The ABS-2 did not correlate significantly with measures of anger, externalizing personality disorders, mania, and somatoform disorder. An exploratory factor analysis provided weak support for the factor structure of the scale. The ABS-2 scores distinguish between normal and clinical samples. Rationally worded items discriminated between clinical and nonclinical groups much better than did the irrationally worded scales, suggesting that instruments that only assess irrational beliefs might underestimate the support for REBT.