Definition
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) refers broadly to a group of treatments that seek to reduce psychological distress and improve overall functioning by identifying and modifying cognitive factors such as problematic thoughts, interpretations, and beliefs (Beck 2011).
Introduction
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used and well-studied forms of psychotherapy. It has been found effective for the treatment of numerous psychological disorders in both children and adults (for review, see Butler et al. 2006; Hofmann et al. 2012). CBT was developed in the mid-twentieth century when earlier behavior therapy techniques, which focused heavily on learning principles and environmental influences on behavior, began to incorporate theories about the role of cognitions in the development and maintenance of psychological disorders (Mahoney 1974). Currently, CBT is an umbrella term for a variety of specific treatments that share similar theoretical backgrounds...
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Floyd, P.N., Charles, N.E. (2020). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_886
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