A psychometric review of measures of irrational beliefs: Implications for psychotherapy

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-96

  Terjesen, Mark D ^a   Salhany, Jennifer ^a   Sciutto, Mark J ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Irrational; Measure; Psychometric; REBT

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349223988     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-009-0093-1     Document Type: Article

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