The irrational beliefs inventory: Cross-cultural comparisons between south african and previously published dutch and american samples

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dc.contributor.authorPlessis M.D.U.
dc.contributor.authorMoller A.T.
dc.contributor.authorSteel H.R.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:00:26Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:00:26Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe Irrational Beliefs Inventory gives a measure of irrational beliefs, as postulated by Ellis's Rational Emotive Behavior therapy. Given the increasing cross-cultural use of psychometric scales, it is important to assess whether the psychometric properties of the inventory are consistent across cultures. In the present study cross-cultural applicability, in terms of internal consistency and independence of subscales, was investigated for an ad hoc sample of White (n=100, M age=21.3 yr., SD = 4.0) and Black (n=82, M age=19.8 yr., SD=2.2) undergraduate South African university students. Cronbach coefficients alpha for the subscales and Pearson correlations between subscales for American and Dutch students, as reported by Bridges and Sanderman, were compared with those indices for the South African students. The magnitude and rank order of Cronbach α, as well as the correlations between subscales for the three groups showed strong similarities. Values of alpha for the Black South African students were lower in magnitude on all subscales than those for American, Dutch, and White South African samples, but intercorrelations between subscale scores were consistent. Findings in the present study are supportive of the cross-cultural applicability of the Irrational Beliefs Inventory to White South African students but not to South African Black students.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationPsychological Reports
dc.identifier.citation95
dc.identifier.citation3 I
dc.identifier.issn332941
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11698
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcultural anthropology
dc.subjectcultural factor
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectlogic
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectNetherlands
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectCross-Cultural Comparison
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLogic
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectNetherlands
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.titleThe irrational beliefs inventory: Cross-cultural comparisons between south african and previously published dutch and american samples
dc.typeArticle
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