A brief assessment of irrational thinking: The shortened General Attitude and Belief Scale

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 651-663

  Lindner, Helen ^a   Kirkby, Robert ^b   Wertheim, Eleanor ^a   Birch, Penelope ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Dysphoria; Irrational thinking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THINKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032746752     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018741009293     Document Type: Article

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