Scale of Irrational Contents and Styles – Basics (SICS-B) Preliminary Survey

Abstract

To analyze the construct validity and internal consistency of a new test for the assessment of the irrational beliefs proposed by Ellis in his model of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT): the Scale of Irrational Contents and Styles – Basics (SICS-B). The SICS-B evaluates the "contents" of the three basic irrational beliefs (Ap: Approval, Pe: Perfectionism, and Co: Comfort) in relation to the four different "styles" (inferences or processes of thought) in which they can be expressed (DEM: Demandingness, AWF: Awfulizing, FI: Frustration Intolerance, and CON: Condemnation).