理性情绪疗法（RET）对儿童的疗效：批判性重新评估。

Efficacy of rational emotive therapy (RET) with children: a critical re-appraisal.

作者信息

Gossette R L, O'Brien R M

机构信息

Psychology Department, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11550.

出版信息

J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 1993 Mar;24(1):15-25. doi: 10.1016/0005-7916(93)90004-g.

DOI:10.1016/0005-7916(93)90004-g

PMID:8370792

Abstract

Proponents of rational-emotive therapy (RET) advocate its use within the school curriculum to forestall future maladjustment through the early detection and eradication of irrational beliefs. A review of 33 unpublished dissertations and four published reports found RET effective in about 25% of comparisons with wait-list, placebo, and other treatment conditions. The major effects of RET were changes in scores on self-report measures of irrational beliefs, less on emotional distress, and little or no change in behavior; essentially the same pattern of effects previously found in a similar analysis of RET in adult populations. Little justification was found for continued use of RET in schools.

摘要

理性情绪疗法（RET）的支持者主张在学校课程中使用该疗法，通过早期发现和消除非理性信念来预防未来的适应不良。对33篇未发表的论文和4篇已发表的报告进行回顾后发现，在与等待名单、安慰剂及其他治疗条件的约25%的比较中，理性情绪疗法是有效的。理性情绪疗法的主要效果是在非理性信念的自我报告测量分数上有变化，在情绪困扰方面变化较小，在行为上几乎没有变化；这与之前在对成年人群体的理性情绪疗法类似分析中发现的效果模式基本相同。几乎没有理由支持在学校继续使用理性情绪疗法。