Abstract
The Cognitive Response Test (CRT) was developed to assess clients' immediate thoughts that occur in conjunction with specific situations. The subject responds to 50 open-ended vignettes by writing his first thought. The CRT was administered to four groups of 15 subjects: (1) depressed psychiatric outpatients, (2) normal subjects, (3) nondepressed psychiatric outpatients, (4) nondepressed medical outpatients. Depressed patients obtained significantly higher Irrational-Depressed scores and significantly fewer Rational responses than subjects from the three control groups. These significant differences were maintained following item selection and analysis of the 25 most reliable items.
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Watkins, J.T., Rush, A.J. Cognitive Response Test. Cogn Ther Res 7, 425–435 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01187170
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