Raymond A Digiuseppe

St. John's University · Department of Psychology

Background: In eating disorders (EDs), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) represents one of the first-line treatment options albeit with sub-optimal results. The assessment of cognitive balance through an index measuring increased adaptive thinking and reduced maladaptive thinking, the desired outcomes, and the ultimate goal of CBT treatments warra...

Background This study aims to provide insight into the specific cognitive constructs that are most strongly correlated with disturbed anger and could guide the development of more effective cognitive-behavioral treatments. The Anger Cognitions Scale-Revised (ACS-R) presents participants with nine scenarios of anger-provoking events and asks them to...

Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) for outpatients with GAD and mild depression and tested the effectiveness of REBT to an active, alternative treatment, Humanistic, Client-Centered Therapy (HCCT) in a clinical setting. The study aimed to understand whether REBT is a more effective treatmen...

The Angry Cognitions Scale (ACS; Martin and Dahlen in J Ration Emot Cogn Behav Therapy 25(3): 155–173, 2007) is a comprehensive instrument designed to test cognitions that are related to anger. This paper presents data on the Italian-language version of the Angry Cognition Scale-Revised (ACS-R; Soto and DiGiuseppe in which beliefs best predict ange...

This study developed a short form of the Attitudes and Beliefs Scale-2 (ABS-2), a measure of Ellis’s irrational and rational beliefs. We compared the short form (ABS2-SF) to the longer original scale with 2096 participants, including clinical outpatients, American and Romanian college students, and drug/alcohol rehab residents. The ABS-SF correlate...

Objective: The aim of this article was to explore the effectiveness of rational emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy (REBT) in a clinical setting. Methods: This study included 349 patients of the Albert Ellis Institute who sought psychotherapy from 2007 to 2016. Analyses were conducted by using the intent-to-treat principle, and outcomes wer...

The following represents our response to the chapter “How B-C Connection and Negotiation of F allow the Design and Implementation of a Cooperative and Effective Disputing in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy” submitted by Ruggiero, Caselli, and Sassaroli regarding critical aspects of Rational Emotive Behavior theory and practice. We expand on sever...

Anger and aggression are not only widespread but are integral in understanding crime and violence. This study examined the relationship between perceived threats to a set of cognitions labeled Code of Honor with anger and aggression. We hypothesized that self-esteem and self-acceptance would mediate the relationship between Code of Honor and anger,...

Objective: Cognitively oriented therapies, first-line treatment for eating disorders (EDs), still show room for improvement in treatment retention and outcomes. Despite the development of additional cognitive models and therapies, few studies examine the relationship between traditional and third-wave cognitive targets in EDs. The study explores th...

This study adapted the Attitudes and Belief Scale-2 (ABS-2) into Turkish and investigated its factor structure, criterion-related validity, and psychometric properties. The ABS-2 assesses REBT’s irrational and rational beliefs. Each item reflects one of the four cognitive processes thought identified the theory to reflect irrationality or rationali...

This study tested the factor structure of the Attitudes and Beliefs Scale-2, a measure of Ellis’ irrational and rational beliefs. The scale includes items that assess both irrationality and rationality. Within this framework, items reflect one of four irrational cognitive processes and their rational alternatives, including demandingness versus pre...

Ölçek Bilgileri (Kaynakça ve Puanlama) Orijinal Ölçek: DiGiuseppe, R., Leaf, R., Gorman, B., Robin, M. W. (2018). The Development of a Measure of Irrational/Rational Beliefs. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 36, 47–79 doi.org/10.1007/s10942-017-0273-3 Türkçe Formu: Artiran, M., DiGiuseppe, R. A (2020). Turkish Translation o...

Since REBT & CBT sessions are individually beneficial, the therapy necessarily has to be tailored to the needs of each client. Western psychotherapy and embedded cultural factors offer their own approach and perspectives to clients. Psychotherapists from non-Western cultures may have difficulty in applying such knowledge to sessions, without modify...

This chapter identifies REBT's position in modern psychotherapy. It identifies the characteristics that REBT shares with most other psychotherapies, such as the common factors model, psychodynamic therapies, and client-centered therapy. It explores the ideas, strategies, and techniques REBT shares with other treatments within the CBT psychotherapy...

Dysfunctional cognitions such as irrational beliefs (IBs) of Ellis' rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) model and cognitive distortions (CDs) or cognitive errors from Beck's cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) model are known to correlate with depressive symptomatology. However, most studies focus on one cognitive theoretical model in predictin...

In a paradigm shifting presentation at the American Psychological Association’s conference in Chicago in 1956, Albert Ellis argued for addressing the important role cognition plays in the creation and maintenance of emotional and behavioral disturbance. This presentation then appeared in a 1958 article in the Journal of General Psychology titled “R...

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) assumes that when people are faced with adverse, activating events, their irrational beliefs generate dysfunctional feelings and maladaptive behaviors, while their rational beliefs generate functional feelings and adaptive behaviors (Ellis, 1994).

The present Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fifth edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association in Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5th edition. American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington, DC, 2013) defines personality disorders (PD) as “enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from the expectation...

The Attitudes and Belief Scale-2 (ABS-2) developed in the late 1980s, is a measure of Ellis’ irrational and rational beliefs. Although no publication has described the instrument and it has only appeared in conference presentations, many researchers have used the ABS-2 to test REBT. This article describes the development of the ABS-2 and the origin...

This study assessed the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Parent Anger Scale in a sample of 326 parents of children ages 2–18 years.Exploratory factor analysis identified a two-factor solution: parent anger experience and parent anger expression. Subscales based on the items of each factor demonstrated excellent internal consistenc...

In the last several decades, researchers have begun to recognize dysregulated anger as a common and debilitating psychological problem among various psychiatric populations. Accordingly, the treatment of anger and aggression has received increasing attention in the literature. The current article reviews existing meta-analyses of psychosocial inter...

The article is free to read and download until April 28, 2017 using the following link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1UgxN~0r1OtbI Irritability is a symptom of 15 disorders in the DSM-5 and is included in Mood Disorders, Addictive Disorders, Personality Disorders, and more (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). However, the term irritability...

This chapter explores the emotion of anger and how it is assessed and treated in the practice of school psychology. Definitions of anger are often confused. We discuss these and provide an integrated working construct of this often misunderstood emotion. A brief review of the development of anger across childhood is presented. The relationship betw...

Substantial knowledge has accumulated on the nature and etiology of externalizing disorders of children and adolescents. This first chapter focuses on describing these etiological factors involved in these disorders and the present treatment approaches. The relevance of the psychosocial interventions described in the next chapters will be underline...

This chapter focuses on presenting (1) the underlying principles of the cognitive-behavioral parenting programs for child externalizing disorders, (2) the contents of the tested parenting programs, and (3) the outcomes of the clinical trials testing their efficacy.

In this section, we describe (1) the theoretical assumptions of the Rational Positive Parenting Program (rPPP); (2) the empirical support for the rPPP protocols; and (3) the clinical protocol of the rPPP in its full-length, short version, and online format including techniques, assignments, forms, and methods.

This brief but potent reference combines cognitive-behavioral and rational-emotive theory and techniques in an effective group program for parents of children with externalizing disorders. The Rational Positive Parenting Program (rPPP) addresses irrational emotions and their underlying beliefs that contribute to ineffective parenting, while modelin...

ABSTRACT Although parent cognitions are considered important predictors that determine specific emotional reactions and parental practices, models on the cognitive strategies for regulating parental distress or positive emotions are not well developed. Our aim was to investigate the nature of cognitions involved in parental distress and satisfactio...

Unconditional acceptance (i.e., of self, others, and/or life) represents the rational counterpart of the irrational belief of global evaluation, a key construct of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). As relating the "self", the concept of self-esteem can refer to global self-esteem (i.e., global evaluation of the self-like "I am a worthless p...

While working with forensic populations poses some unique challenges, cognitive therapy (CT) and rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) can be successfully adapted for justice-involved patients. Following a discussion of strategies for developing the treatment agenda and building the therapeutic alliance, this chapter focuses on the conceptualiza...

This chapter describes the steps in the Clinical Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to discover clients’ Irrational Beliefs. Irrational Beliefs are tacit, unconscious, schematic beliefs that are not in the person’s stream of consciousness. Because of this aspect of the beliefs, clinicians cannot rely of the conscious association w...

Albert Ellis’ theory of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is set forth as an explanation of psychopathology, the nature of emotional disturbance and the process of psychotherapeutic change. REBT makes the distinction between disturbed negative emotions and healthy but negative emotions. The goal of therapy is identified as replacing disturbe...

This online third edition of A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy reviews the philosophy, theory, and clinical practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). This model is based on the work of Albert Ellis, who had an enormous influence on the field of psychotherapy over his 50 years of practice and scholarly writing....

The writers recount personal glimpses into working with couples during their combined 85 years of experience. Rather than take the standard approach of tidbits and sound bites to emphasize a point here and there based upon some quoted authority, our goal is to state our case and in the process permit readers to verify on their own what we have said...

Children can represent both a joy and a challenge to their parents that can be met with either acceptance, warmth, responsiveness, and sensitivity, or in unaccepting, unresponsive, insensitive, neglectful, and/or hostile ways (Rubin & Burgess, 2002). Successful parenting has multiple determinants, with growing empirical support for the relevance of...

This study attempted to validate a clinical typology of dysfunctional anger proposed by DiGiuseppe and Tafrate (2007) using assessment data obtained from 197 participants assessed at an outpatient clinic for anger problems. Several self-report scales assessing anger, hostility, impulsivity and aggression, as well as a structured interview regarding...

Although many psychiatric disorders are "emotional" disorders, no disorders exist for which dysfunctional anger is a necessary feature. This study examined whether dysfunctional anger could be considered a diagnosis independent from Personality Disorders. We analyzed data on 1,158 psychiatric outpatients who underwent a semi-structured interview fo...

Irrational and rational cognitions/beliefs are evaluative cognitive structures. Irrational thinking has been consistently associated with psychopathology; in contrast, rational thinking is considered important for resiliency. We conducted two studies to construct and validate the Parent Rational and Irrational Beliefs Scale (P-RIBS), a new self-rep...

Anger is a frequently experienced negative emotion that occurs identified in all ages and across all cultures (DiGiuseppe & Tafrate, 2007). Parent anger is concerning because it has been associated with dysfunctional discipline strategies, child abuse, child noncompliance, and various emotional problems during childhood (see Smith Slep & O'Leary, 2...

In this article, I reflect on what I believe are Albert Ellis’ important contributions to the field of psychotherapy. Having worked closely with Albert Ellis for 32 years, I offer my opinions on some misconceptions of Albert Ellis.

Santanello (2011) presented the case of a man with long-term anger problems who does not meet the criteria for any DSM-IV-TR diagnosis for treatment recommendations by several authors. This paper presents a comprehensive treatment package applied to this case. Of crucial importance is the building of a therapeutic alliance. In addition to refusing...

The contributions of Albert Ellis to the understanding of human happiness including his suggestions for living a happier life have not been represented in the field of positive psychology. This article presents Ellis’ theoretical constructs associated with his conception of happiness (dual nature of human psyche, self-actualization, purpose and goa...

This pilot study was designed to investigate the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral treatment for anger. Twelve (5 men and 7 women) outpatient adults completed 2-hour group sessions for 16 sessions. Participants were diagnosed with 29 Axis I and 34 Axis II disorders with high rates of comorbidity. Empirically supported techniques of skills training...

This study examined whether a combination of anger, hostility, and irrational beliefs, i.e., intolerance of rules frustration, intolerance of work frustration, demands for fairness, and self-downing would predict physical, verbal, and indirect aggression and peer ratings of aggression. Follow-up analysis tested gender as a moderator of the relation...

Aristotle, Seneca, Darwin, and Ekman, a modern emotion theorist, have considered anger as one of the basic human emotions. Psychologists often use the term anger interchangeably with other terms like aggression, hostility, hate, and irritability. This usage has led to many confusing definitions and theories of anger, as well as numerous misconcepti...

In this book leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) and other cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) share their perspectives and empirical findings on the nature of rational and irrational beliefs, the role of beliefs as mediators of functional and dysfunctional emotions and behaviors, and clini...

In this book leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) and other cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) share their perspectives and empirical findings on the nature of rational and irrational beliefs, the role of beliefs as mediators of functional and dysfunctional emotions and behaviors, and clini...

Anger has a prominent role in basic theories of emotion. And while many psychiatric disorders can be conceived of as emotional disorders (e.g., depressive disorders, anxiety disorders), there are no disorders for which anger is the cardinal feature. We analyzed diagnostic data on 1,687 (as later) psychiatric outpatients and looked at the co-occurre...

In this column, I would like to discuss just one issue that we addressed at the retreat: the association’s commitment to the dissemination of scientific knowledge about effective treatments. At the 2004 planning retreat, the ABCT Board listed the dissemination of information concerning research on efficacious treatment as a high priority. This year...

In this paper, we discuss findings from a study that used panoramic video-based virtual environments (PVVEs) to induce self-reported anger. The study assessed "immersiveness" and physiological correlates of anger arousal (i.e., heart rate, blood pressure, galvanic skin response [GSR], respiration, and skin temperature). Results indicate that over t...

Using clinical data and a variety of case studies, this title argues for a new diagnostic classification, Anger Regulation and Expression Disorder, that will help bring about clinical improvements and increased scientific understanding of anger. After situating anger in both historical and emotional contexts, it reports research that supports the e...

Eight experts in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) provided personal examples of their own successes and failures in applying REBT to themselves. The experts actively talked to themselves both rationally and irrationally. Understandably, there were far more shoulds, oughts, musts, and have to’s in the narratives in which the experts describe...