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Assessment and Diagnostic Issues in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Introduction to the Special Issue

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This article introduces a special issue of the Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy on assessment and diagnostic issues in REBT. Contributions to the special issue include reviews of (a) the psychometric properties of irrational beliefs measures and (b) the potential utility for REBT research and practice of behavioral measures of distress tolerance; (c) a primary study of the diagnostic and functional significance of high trait anger, with implications for classification and REBT treatment of anger disorders; and (d) a closing commentary by John Malouff on themes raised in the earlier papers.

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We are grateful to Debbie Glasofer, Heather Schloss, and Melissa Tanner for comments on an earlier version of this article.

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  1. Department of Psychology, St. John’s University, Marillac Hall, Room SB15-9, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY, 11439, USA

    Wilson McDermut

  2. The Albert Ellis Institute of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, New York, NY, USA

    Wilson McDermut

  3. American University, Washington, DC, USA

    David A. F. Haaga

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McDermut, W., Haaga, D.A.F. Assessment and Diagnostic Issues in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Introduction to the Special Issue. J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther 27, 79–82 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-009-0091-3

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