Measuring Cognitive Errors: Initial Development of the Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS)

Polish version of the Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS): Preliminary validation and personality correlates

“…Translated Cognitive Distortions Scale (Covin et al, 2011). Participants read short descriptions of the 10 cog nitive distortions and answered, on Likert-type scale (ranging from 1 "never" to 7 "all the time"), how often they exhibited such behaviors in both interpersonal and achievement domains.…”

“…The original English version of the CDS (Covin et al, 2011) was translated into Polish, and then this first version was re-translated into English by second psychologist, fluent in English. The Polish version was then corrected.…”

“…However, a number of measures do not permit the examination of specific cognitive errors (Krantz & Hammen, 1979), and some focus on measuring the exact content of thoughts, and not the cognitive distortions themselves, that lead to negative automatic thoughts (Barriga et al, 2001;Hollon & Kendall, 1980). Covin and his colleagues recently developed a measure of cognitive errors that individually assesses the frequency with which respondents experience 10 cognitive errors (Covin, Dozois, Ogniewicz, & Seeds, 2011). These researchers emphasized cognitive errors outlined by Burns (1980) and concentrated on those that are typically referred to in clinical practice (Covin et al, 2011).…”

“…Covin and his colleagues recently developed a measure of cognitive errors that individually assesses the frequency with which respondents experience 10 cognitive errors (Covin, Dozois, Ogniewicz, & Seeds, 2011). These researchers emphasized cognitive errors outlined by Burns (1980) and concentrated on those that are typically referred to in clinical practice (Covin et al, 2011). The resultant measure includes such distortions as: mind reading, catastrophizing, all-or-nothing thinking, emotional reasoning, labeling, mental filter, overgeneralization, personalization, should statements and minimizing or disqualifying the positive.…”

“…The aim of this article was to present the preliminary results on the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the CDS (Covin et al, 2011), its reliability and validity in relation to various psychological measures.…”