title: Psychometric properties of the Survey of Personal Beliefs: a rational-emotive measure of irrational thinking.
abstract: A test consistency and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on the Survey of Personal Beliefs, a new measure of irrational thinking based on rational-emotive personality theory. The survey, which was logically derived, includes a general rationality factor and subscales measuring five hypothesized core categories of irrational beliefs. Subjects included a nonclinical sample of 130 men and 150 women, with a mean age of 46. Results indicated that the Survey of Personal Beliefs had satisfactory total and scale reliability. The confirmatory analyses supported a higher order factor model including 5 first-order factors ( awfulizing, self-directed shoulds, other-directed shoulds, low frustration tolerance, and self-worth) and 1 second-order or general factor.
authors.affiliation: Psychological Evaluation and Research Center, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y. 11550.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Demaria
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kassinove
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011617:Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive; D013850:Thinking