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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of Rational Emotive Behavior Occupational Intervention on Perceptions of Work Value and Ethical Practices: Implications for Educational Policy Makers	21
The Effect of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy on Post-Traumatic Depression in Flood Victims	17
The Effectiveness of a Cognitive-Behavioral Prevention Program for Internet Addiction	16
Testing the Efficacy of the FEAR—Model of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Treating Test Anxiety in Chemistry Students	15
The Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Psycho-Education Program on Psychological Resilience, Irrational Beliefs, and Well-Being	12
The Development of a Short Form of an Irrational/Rational Beliefs Scale	12
Testing the Efficacy of Family Health-Model of REBT on Family Values and Quality of Family Life Among Parents of Children with Visual Impairment	12
Irrational/Rational Beliefs, Procrastination, and Life Satisfaction: An Empirical Assessment of REBT Models of Psychological Distress and Psychological Health Model	11
The Effect of Rational Emotive Career Coaching on Dysfunctional Career Beliefs in Recent University Graduates	11
Cognitive appraisal, Coping, Stress and Fear Contracting Covid-19 in Working People in Pakistan	10
Problematic Internet use in Adults: The Role of Happiness, Psychological Resilience, Dispositional Hope, and Self-control and Self-management	10
Effect of School-based Rational-Emotive Behaviour Program on Burnout Among Adult Learners: Moderating Influence of Participants' Demographic Variables	9
Examining Irrational Happiness Beliefs within an Adaptation-Continuum Model of Personality and Coping	9
Self-compassion and Students' Well-Being Among Vietnamese Students: Chain Mediation Effect of Narcissism and Anxiety	8
Effect of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy on Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability	8
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Compared to Client-Centered Therapy for Outpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial with a Three Months Follow up	8
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Happiness in Student-Athletes: The Role of Self-Compassion—Mediator or Moderator?	8
Ready for Failure? Irrational Beliefs, Perfectionism and Mental Health in Male Soccer Academy Players	8
Self-critical Rumination and Associated Metacognitions as Mediators of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Self-esteem	8
Assessing the Efficacy of Rational Emotive Behavior Intervention for Visually Impaired Upper Basic School Children with Negative Self-belief/Personal Value System	8
Quality of Work-Life and Stress Management in a Rural Sample of Primary School Teachers: An Intervention Study	8
Dispositional Mindfulness Profiles and Cannabis Use in Young Adults	8
Does Rumination Mediate the Unique Effects of Shame and Guilt on Procrastination?	7
Cognitive Behavioural Play Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorders (SADs) in Children with Speech Impairments	7
Can Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and Mindfulness be Integrated Effectively within High Performance Settings?	7

Reducing Negative Value System in Students: The Impacts of Rational Emotive Behavioural Education	6
Internet Addiction in Adolescents: A Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy Perspective	6
The Socialisation of Athlete Irrational Beliefs	6
Alexithymia Mediates the Relationship Between Insecure Attachment and Eating Disorder Symptoms	6
Maladaptive Emotional Schemas and Emotional Functioning: Evaluation of an Integrated Model Across Two Independent Samples	6
The Persian Version of the Personality Beliefs Questionnaire-Short-Form (PBQ-SF): A Psychometric Evaluation	6
Negative Life Events Associated with COVID-19 and Psychological Distress: The Role of Irrational and Rational Beliefs	6
Effect of Stress Management Coaching Intervention on Adult Learners with Type 2 Diabetes: A Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Approach	5
The Persian irrational performance beliefs inventory (iPBI-Persian): Translation, confirmatory factor analysis, and test–retest reliability, in Iranian athletes	5
A Comparison Between Self-compassion and Unconditional Self-acceptance: Interventions on Self-blame, Empathy, Shame-, Guilt-Proneness, and Performance	5
Efficacy of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Depression Among Children with Learning Disabilities: Implications for Evaluation in Science Teaching	5
Investigation of the Relationships Between Mindfulness, Wisdom, Resilience and Life Satisfaction in Turkish Adult Population	5
Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Academic Stress Among Rural Community Secondary School Economics Students: A Randomized Controlled Evaluation	5
Do the Highly Sensitive People Tend to have Psychological Problems Because of Low Emotion Regulation and Dysfunctional Attitudes?	5
The Role of Self-Compassion on Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction of Vietnamese Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Hope as a Mediator	5
Dysfunctional Attitudes as a Mediator in the Association Between Problematic Internet Use and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress	5
The Effect of Online Cognitive Behavioral Group Counseling on Anxiety, Depression, Stress and Resilience in Maraş-Centered Earthquake Survivors	4
The Combined Contribution of Fear and Perceived Danger of COVID-19 and Metacognitions to Anxiety Levels during the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
The Effects of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) Group Counselling Program on Competitive Anxiety of Student-Athletes	4
Relationships Between School Bullying and Frustration Intolerance Beliefs in Adolescence: A Gender-Specific Analysis	4
Improving Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Autistic Individuals: A Delphi Survey with Practitioners	4
Metacognition and Academic Procrastination: A Meta-Analytical Examination	4
Early Maladaptive Schemas are Associated with Adolescents’ Substance and Behavioral Addictions	4
At the Coalface: Practitioner Perspectives on Applying Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) in High Performance Sport	4
The Effect of negative emotion on concentration through emotional regulation: mediated moderation of Metacognitive Awareness	3
Is the Association of Procrastination and Age Mediated by Fear of Failure?	3
Metacognitions About Health in Relation to Coronavirus Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Attentional Syndrome and Distress Tolerance	3
Making a Difference: A Review and Auto-Ethnographic Account of Applying Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) in Policing	3
Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Athletic Performance in Student-Athletes	3
The Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility in the Relationship between Traumatic Experiences in the Childhood Period and Substance Abuse Proclivity	3
Therapists’ Emotional Reactions to Patients with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: The Role of Therapists’ Orientation and Perfectionism	3
COVID-19 Related Negative Life Events and Psychological Distress: The Role of Emotion and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies	3
Exploring the Association Between Irrational Beliefs, Motivation Regulation and Anxiety in Ultra-Marathon Runners: A Mixed Methods Approach	3
Validating the Diathesis–Stress Model Based Case Conceptualization Procedure in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies: The LIBET (Life Themes and Semi-Adaptive Plans—Implications of Biased Beliefs, Elicitati	3
Premenstrual Syndrome: The Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies and Trait Meta-Mood	3
Assessing Fidelity to and Satisfaction with the “Adolescent Coping with Depression Course” (ACDC) Intervention in a Randomized Controlled Trial	3
Perfectionism, Prolonged Stress Reactivity, and Depression: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Analysis	3
Behavioral Inhibition/Activation Systems and Self-Esteem with Depression: The Mediating Role of Social Anxiety	3
The Direct and Indirect Effects of Irrational Beliefs on Perceived Performance: The Mediation Role of Emotions and Automatic Thoughts	3
Perfectionistic Cognitions Pre-Pandemic Predict Greater Anxiety Symptoms During the Pandemic Among Emerging Adults: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study	3
Relevant Psychological Factors in Weight Management. How to Think and Behave to Lose Weight and Maintain it for Good	3
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Stress Reduction among Primary Education Pupils in Nigeria	3
The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Versus Duloxetine on the Laboratory Indices of Inflammation in Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial	3
Reducing Burnout among Building Construction and Mechanical Trade Artisans: The Role of Rational Emotive Behaviour Intervention	3
Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Psychological Factors Among Students: A Meta-Analytic Study	2
The Interaction Between Self-Regulation Deficits and Negative Problem Orientation Exacerbates Depressive, but not ADHD Symptoms	2
Contents and Characteristics of Mental Imagery and their Association with Emotional Intensity in Adolescents: A Pilot Study	2
A Cross-Validation of the Anger Cognitions Scale-Revised: Cognitions and Anger in an Italian Adolescent Sample	2
Familial Thinking Patterns: Rational and Irrational Beliefs During a Life Transition	2
Intervention for Treating Depression in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability of Down’s Syndrome: A Sample of Nigerian Parents	2

Smartphone Addiction, Nomophobia, Depression, and Social Appearance Anxiety Among College Students: A Correlational Study	2
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Does the Emotion Dysregulation Model Predict Symptoms Beyond the Metacognitive Model?	2
Predictors of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Mental Health Professionals: Trauma History, Self-Compassion, Emotional Intelligence	2
Efficacy of Rational Emotive Career Counselling Programme on Occupational Stress Management in Industrial Hazard Victims: Safety Practice Implications	2
Financial Risk Tolerance and Financial Risk Attitudes of Commercial Bank Customers and the Role of REBT-Based Business Coaching: Implications for Accounting Research	2
How can we Best Use Technology to Teach Children to Regulate Emotions? Efficacy of the Cognitive Reappraisal Strategy Based on Robot Versus Cartoons Versus Written Statements in Regulating Test Anxiet	2
Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy for Dysfunctional Anger: A Case Study	2
Irrational Beliefs as a Cognitive Mechanism Explaining the Link Between Pathogen Prevalence and Individualism-Collectivism	2
Effects of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Academic Grit	2
Rumination Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Traumas with Cognitive Defusion, Acceptance, and Emotion Regulation: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study	2
Stress Management Among Science and Social Science Educators Within Open and Distance Learning Centers Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Implication for Curriculum and Educational Evaluators	2
Factors Predicting the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy in the Treatment of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder	2
Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the Portuguese Version of the Personality Belief Questionnaire—Short Form in a Community Sample	2
European Portuguese Validation of the Thought Control Questionnaire Insomnia-Revised (TCQI-R)	2
Childhood Adversity, Resilience, and Paranoia During the COVID-19 Outbreak. The Mediating Role of Irrational Beliefs and Affective Disturbance	1
Decoding Unconditional Self-Acceptance: A Qualitative Report	1
The Relationship of Metacognition with Worry: The Mediating Role of Emotional Flexibility and Affective Style	1
Hesitancy to Return to the Pre-pandemic Routine	1
The COVID-19 Pandemic—Related Irrational and Rational Beliefs Scale. An Investigation of the REBT Theoretical Model	1
Psychometric Properties of the Sleep Locus of Control (SLOC) Scale in a Portuguese Sample	1
The Relationship Between Self/Value Discrepancies and Anxiety: The Mediation Effect of Depressogenic Attributional Style	1
The Relationship Between Attachment Styles, Ruminative Response Styles, Dysfunctional Attitudes and Major Depression Diagnosis	1
Introduction to the Special Issue on the Application of Rational Emotive Behavior Theory and Practice to High-Performance Settings	1
Predicting problematic smartphone use based on early maladaptive schemas by using machine learning classification algorithms	1
Investigating the Link Between Dispositional Mindfulness, Beliefs About Emotions, Emotion Regulation and Psychological Health: A Model Testing Study	1
The Structural Model of Early Maladaptive Schemas with Cardiac Health-Related Behaviors in General Population: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation and Self-compassion	1
Preliminary validation of the self-report measure assessing experiences of negative independent and dependent event frequency in Japanese university students	1
The Relationship Between COVID-19 Fear, Affective Symptoms and Well-being: The Mediating Role of Psychological Flexibility	1
Emotion Efficacy Improves Prediction of HIV/AIDS Risky Behaviors: A Modified Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model	1
What Does my Anxiety Look Like? A Thematic Analysis of the Impact of a Single Session Imagery Technique on Emotional Issues	1
Adolescent Soccer Athletes’ Irrational Beliefs About Basic Psychological Needs are Related to Their Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health	1
Proposing a Measurement Model of REBT and Applying It to the Assessment of Well-Being and Happiness in Patients with Tension-Type Headaches	1
Effects of Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Patients with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	1
Psychometric Properties of the European Portuguese Adaptation of the Insomnia Catastrophizing Scale (ICS)	1
Dark Triad and Dating Violence: Mediating Role of Irrational Beliefs in Romantic Relationships	1
A Home-based Approach to Reduce Test Anxiety Using a Combination of Methods: A Randomized Controlled Trial	1
The Role of Rumination in Anxiety Disorders	1
Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem on the Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Empathy Among Vietnamese University Students	1
School Engagement of Undergraduate History students: Effect of REBT intervention	1
Characteristics of Online Pornography and Interventions Against its Negative Effects in Young People: Results from an International Delphi Panel	1
The Jordanian Version of the Thought Control Questionnaire Insomnia-Revised (TCQI-R)	1
Irrational Beliefs Among Competitive High School Student Athletes: Are they General or Context-Driven?	1