Abstract
In a double-blind study, subjects with low to moderate self-esteem received either of two cognitive restructuring interventions. The experimental treatment addressed specific irrational beliefs previously found to be correlated with low self-esteem; the control treatment focused on irrational beliefs not empirically related to self-esteem. Each intervention produced appropriate changes on targeted irrationality measures. The pattern of changes on targeted and nontargeted irrationality scales, however, suggests that improvements in specific rationality readily generalize, a phenomenon which may have obscured posttest differences between the two interventions on a battery of self-esteem measures. Nevertheless, the self-esteem improvements of subjects within each treatment were consistently related to changes on the previously linked beliefs, and conversely, only sporadically related to changes on the nonlinked beliefs.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 137-149 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health