title: Factor structure of Ellis' irrational beliefs in a nonclinical college population.
abstract: In a study of irrational beliefs among nonclinical populations, 54 male and 75 female college students completed the Irrational Beliefs Survey. Analysis suggests that the survey measures a coherent construct and that a simple summary score is adequate for most uses. Factor analysis disclosed a unidimensional monotonic dimension of irrationality in beliefs among nonclinical respondents. The findings contrast with the appearance of ambiguous clusters of irrational beliefs reported with an inpatient population. The existence of a single dimension of irrational belief is substantially supported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2018, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mahoney
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011936:Reality Testing; D015203:Reproducibility of Results