The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Psychometric Properties and Exploratory Factor Analysis

Morrison, Amanda S.; Potter, Carrie M.; Carper, Matthew M.; Kinner, Dina G.; Jensen, Dane; Bruce, Laura C.; Wong, Jillian W.; Oliveira, Irismar Reis de; Sudak, Donna M.; Heimberg, Richard G.

doi:10.1521/ijct.2015.8.4.287

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“…We measured cognitive distortions using the Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (De Oliveira, 2015) which is comprised of 15 items that assess the frequency and intensity of a variety of common cognitive errors. The CD-Quest has shown good internal consistency (αs = .83 - .86) and convergent validity with self-report measures of depression, anxiety, and automatic thoughts ( r s = .51 - .65; De Oliveira, 2015; Morrison et al, 2015). Internal consistency was excellent in this study at baseline (α = .91).…”

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Group CBT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

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Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Objective To investigate treatment outcome and mediators of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) vs. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) vs. Waitlist (WL) in patients with generalized social anxiety disorder (SAD). Method 108 unmedicated patients (55.6% female; mean age = 32.7, SD = 8.0; 43.5% Caucasian, 39% Asian, 9.3% Hispanic, 8.3% other) were randomized to CBGT vs. MBSR vs. WL and completed assessments at baseline, post-treatment/WL, and at 1-year follow-up, including the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale – Self-Report (primary outcome) as well as measures of treatment-related processes. Results Linear mixed model analysis showed that CBGT and MBSR both produced greater improvements on most measures compared to WL. Both treatments yielded similar improvements in social anxiety symptoms, cognitive reappraisal frequency and self-efficacy, cognitive distortions, mindfulness skills, attention focusing and rumination. There were greater decreases in subtle avoidance behaviors following CBGT than MBSR. Mediation analyses revealed that increases in reappraisal frequency, mindfulness skills, attention focusing and attention shifting, and decreases in subtle avoidance behaviors and cognitive distortions mediated the impact of both CBGT and MBSR on social anxiety symptoms. However, increases in reappraisal self-efficacy and decreases in avoidance behaviors mediated the impact of CBGT (vs. MBSR) on social anxiety symptoms. Conclusions CBGT and MBSR both appear to be efficacious for SAD. However, their effects may be a result of both shared and unique changes in underlying psychological processes.

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Group CBT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

Goldin

Morrison

Jazaieri

et al. 2016

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

146

122

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“…A measure of cognitive distortions would also allow researchers and clinicians to examine differences in patterns of cognitive distortions – in terms of frequency, intensity, and content – across individuals and groups. Further, such a measure would enable researchers to evaluate the relative importance of distinct cognitive distortions in the maintenance of various disorders and consequently refine treatment based on relevant thinking patterns (Morrison et al, 2015). …”

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The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Validation in a Sample of Adults with Social Anxiety Disorder

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Cognitive distortions are thought to be central to the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders and are a widely acknowledged treatment target in cognitive-behavioral interventions. However, little research has focused on the measurement of cognitive distortions. The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest; de Oliveira, 2015), a brief, 15-item questionnaire, assesses the frequency and intensity of cognitive distortions. The CD-Quest has been shown to have sound psychometric properties in American, Australian, and Brazilian undergraduate samples and one Turkish-speaking outpatient clinical sample. The current study aimed to provide the first evaluation of the psychometric properties of the English version of the CD-Quest in a clinical sample and the first evaluation of any version of the CD-Quest in a sample of adults diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD). In a sample of treatment-seeking adults with SAD, the CD-Quest demonstrated good convergent validity, discriminant validity, known-groups validity, and treatment sensitivity. It also showed good internal consistency, and both confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses supported the previously reported unitary factor structure. Findings extend prior research indicating the reliability and validity of the CD-Quest.

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“…These patterns are often called cognitive distortions, and to eliminate them by conscious control is one of the main aims of cognitive therapy. During the so-called cognitive restructuring (Morrison et al, 2015), the patient must validate his automatic thoughts, feelings, and even behavior (Strickland, 2001;Rnic et al, 2016), and then he can change them in the right direction. Here involvement and control of the self are very important because the therapy will not be successful with patients who do not want to take an active role during their treatment process.…”

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Control, Communication, and the Voice of the Leader. A Control-Character Analysis of the 2016 US Presidential Debate

Demeter¹

2017

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In the current research, we showed the strongest parts and the clouds of the speeches of the 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. A communication control analysis of this type could reveal the role control-characters play in assessing the performance of the actors of political communication. We also concluded that people want to be controlled in an easy but still total way. To make people think that there is a man who is able to do this: it was Donald Trump's greatest asset. He was able to utter up to 37% more assertions than his opponent, clearly stressed the boundaries between 'Us' and 'They', and showed greater integrative complexity and objective control. As the result of our peculiar and detailed linguistic analyses, control direction and thematic role tests show that Trump was a man of 'know', 'say' and 'take', while Clinton was full of 'think' and 'want.'

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The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Psychometric Properties and Exploratory Factor Analysis

Cited by 24 publications

References 36 publications

Group CBT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

Group CBT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Validation in a Sample of Adults with Social Anxiety Disorder

Control, Communication, and the Voice of the Leader. A Control-Character Analysis of the 2016 US Presidential Debate

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