The study investigated the effects of a program of rational-emotive education on irrational thinking and self-reported anxiety in 30 individuals 60 years of age and older. Experimental and control groups each comprised 15 individuals. Both groups were pretested using the Adult (Irrational) Ideas Inventory and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory. The experimental group received four weeks of study in rational-emotive education while the control group waited its turn for the study. Both groups were posttested in the fifth week. The control group showed no significant declines in irrational thinking or anxiety, but the experimental group showed significant declines in irrational thinking and anxiety. The rational-emotive educational process, concentrated during a four-week period, increased rational thinking and diminished anxiety among older persons.
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