Endler and Okada's (1975) S-R Inventory of General Trait Anxiousness, modified to measure cognitive irrationality, was administered to college students (46 women and 28 men) in introductory psychology. Positive correlations (.36—.75) between self-reported anxiety and irrationality were found. Differences in the ranges of correlations in different situations ate discussed. The advantages of employing the modified inventory and some theoretical problems in Rational-Emotive Theory as a comprehensive theory of personality and as psychotherapy are considered.
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