Abstract
This study was conducted to explore the concurrent validity of the Gammon Belief Inventory for Students. The inventory is a multidimensional measure of rational thinking in children which has its origins in the rational emotive therapy model. Given its theoretical foundation, the scores were expected to correlate positively with those on the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, a measure of trait anxiety in children. 287 students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 and ranging in age from 9 to 13 yr. were administered both scales in a counterbalanced format. Results indicated that the CBIS Total Score and each of its 11 belief components correlated significantly in a positive direction with the Total Anxiety score. The relationship between the RCMAS Lie Scale and the Common Belief Scale was less clear. These findings provided preliminary support for the concurrent validity of the Common Belief Inventory with elementary school children.
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