Dysfunctional Beliefs and Marital Conflict in Distressed and Non-Distressed Married Individuals |
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Authors: | André T. Mö ller, Hester M. Rabe Charl Nortje |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa;(2) University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
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Abstract: | To test the hypothesis that the irrational evaluative beliefs, postulated by Rational-emotive behavior therapy, are related to marital conflict, 17 individuals from distressed marriages and 20 from non-distressed marriages participated in the Articulated Thoughts during Simulated Situations procedure. Four scenes, representing different dimensions of marital conflict (power/control, boundaries, expressive investment and instrumental investment), were used. On all the scenes, the distressed group showed significantly more irrational cognitions than the non-distressed group, while the scenes elicited significantly more positive thoughts with the non-distressed individuals compared to the distressed group. The results also showed that the non-distressed group displayed significantly more positive than negative thoughts for all the conflict scenes combined. However, no significant difference between positive and negative thoughts was found for the distressed group. |
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Keywords: | Rational-emotive behavior therapy irrational beliefs marital conflict |
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