A Synopsis of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT); Fundamental and Applied Research |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Daniel?DavidEmail author Aurora?Szentagotai Kallay?Eva Bianca?Macavei |
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Institution: | (1) Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania;(2) Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, Babes-Bolyai University, No. 37. Gh. Bilascu Street, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania |
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Abstract: | The article presents a synopsis on rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT), its fundamental theoretical framework, its applications,
and future directions. The paper is organized according to the following structure: in part one, REBT fundamental/basic research
is discussed; in the second part clinical/applied research in REBT is presented, including aspects of efficacy and effectiveness,
discrimination of disorders for which REBT works most effectively, and its relations to other therapies. Uses and misuses
of REBT and their impact on research and future developments are presented as well. While it is true that REBT research has
many shortcomings, the overgeneralization and/or magnification of the negative, and the minimization of the positive are dysfunctional
beliefs that maintain the false idea in the field that REBT has few empirical studies and that REBT research is in serious
trouble. A balanced approach, analyzing both the strengths and weakness, suggest that REBT has hundreds of research articles
and that high-quality studies tend to support REBT’s basic theory and efficacy. However, to strengthen this conclusion and
to fully explore the potential of REBT, shortcomings of REBT research need to be corrected, and high-quality studies promoted.
This is particularly important since, although effective, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies have not yet reached “the desired
standard” of efficacy and effectiveness, as about 30–40% of people are still nonresponsive to these interventions Thus, REBT
could be a platform of reinvigorating empirical studies on the efficacy/effectiveness and theory of cognitive-behavioral models
of psychopathology and human functioning.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Biobehavioral and Integrative Medicine Programs, New York, USA. |
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Keywords: | REBT research review |
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