Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 2001. / Thesis advisor: Joanne DePlacido. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-40). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Zugl.: Kaiserslautern, Univ., Diss., 1986 u.d.T.: Hoellen, Burkhard: Stoizismus und rational-emotive Therapie (RET)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1982. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-178).

Rational-emotive therapy was proposed as a therapeutic treatment approach to romantic jealousy. It was hypothesized that rational-emotive therapy would be significantly more effective than an attention placebo group in the reduction of romantic jealousy with undergraduate single female subjects. It was also hypothesized that reductions in romantic jealousy would be sustained to a significantly greater extent in the rational-emotive therapy group rather than the attention placebo group on a follow-up evaluation after a 2-month period. Advertisements soliciting single females who were romantically jealous and who felt that this was a problem in their love relationships yielded 18 female subjects from the North Texas State University campus. The pre-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up assessments consisted of two self-report questionnaires. The pre- and post-treatment also included a physiological measurement (heart rate) while the subject was imagining a jealousy scene. Both of the self-report questionnaires (Sexual Jealousy, Irrational Beliefs) were given to a significant other (such as a boyfriend or lover). Results support the hypothesis that rational-emotive therapy is more effective than an equally credible placebo in the reduction of female romantic jealousy.

Thesis (M.S.)--Villanova University, 2008. / Psychology Dept. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1982. / Abstract. Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 130-136.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 103 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-75).

The focus of this research study was to determine the nature of the experiences visitors have at The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum in Houston, Texas. In order to discover these experiences visitors have in the space I conducted a phenomenological research study by interviewing eleven people at the Chapel and asking them to recount their experiences inside the space. Phenomenology enables the collection of rich description of the visitors’ experiences. To gather the data I used the methodology of narrative inquiry in an effort to accurately depict the participants’ stories about their experiences. The narratives I collected at the Chapel demonstrated that the space is one that provides an evocative learning experience rather than one that is informative. I found that there were a range of experiences in the space that related to the previous experiences or knowledge that visitors brought with them to the Chapel. The motivations for this study came from my own experience with the space before I started my graduate studies. However, during the course of this study it became clear that there is a lack of knowledge about visitors’ responses to The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum. The results of this study benefit the field of museum education by making a case for recognizing spaces that provide opportunities for evocative learning, rather than viewing them as purely informative. / text

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect on college students of an Assertive Training program that combined Rational Emotive Therapy with behavioral techniques. Assertiveness was measured by ascendance-submission (A-S Reaction Study), dominance (Edwards Personal Preference Schedule), and fear (Fear Survey Schedule).Prior to the group training the 135 volunteers, through the technique of stratified random sampling, were placed in two experimental groups and one control group at Ball State University and two experimental groups and one control group at Butler University. At the time of the group training, at Ball State University eight subjects participated in the experimental groups of the study and at Butler University 22 subjects participated in the experimental groups of the study. The experimental group at Ball State University (5 males and 3 females) and the experimental group at Butler University (8 males, 14 females) participated in a primarily verbal Assertive Training workshop lasting for two hours one night a week for four weeks. The experimental groups participated in an Assertive Training model which included a theoretical and cognitive presentation of the theory of Assertive Training and of Rational Emotive Therapy. The techniques of modeling, rehearsal/role-playing, and feedback were utilized. The control group was placed on a waiting list and contacted a week before the fifth and final session to take the post-tests. The members of the control group were not notified that they were members of the control group.The A-S Reaction Study, the Dominance Scale from the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, and Fear Survey Schedule, were administered to the experimental and control subjects at the conclusion of the training period.The Ball State University sample was eliminated from the study because the procedures used by the facilitators departed from the original research design and, thus, made them non-comparable.The instruments were scored and the three scales (A-SRS, Dominance Scale from EPPS, and FSS) were subjected to a multivariate analysis of variance. The F value whichwas obtained for treatment between groups (3.9992) was statistically significant at the .05 level. Since the HO (1) null hypothesis: There will be no difference between the vector of the means of the experimental groups and the control groups on the total score of the A-S Reaction Study, the Dominance Scale of the Edwards Personal. Preference Schedule, and the total score of the Fear Survey Schedule--was rejected, further analysis of the data was performed using univariate analysis of variance. An F value (8.7028 significant at the .05 level) was obtained for the variable, dominance. Therefore, a conclusion can be made that dominance contributes to the overall rejection of the H0 (1) (treatment). The F values which were obtained for sex (1.0336) and treatment x sex (2.3617) were not significant at the .05 level. Therefore, the H0 (2) null hypothesis--There will be no difference between the vector of means of the males and the means of the females--were not rejected.A correlation study was made in order to assess the degree of relationships between the instruments used in the study. The Dominance Scales score from the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule correlates with the A-S Reaction Study score (+.426938), and with the Fear Survey Schedule (-0220731). Also the A-S Reaction Study score correlates with the Fear Survey Schedule score (-.327414). While these correlations are not strong, they are sufficient to insure that the instrumentation assessed essentially the same construct, assertion.The findings from this study were:1. There was a significant difference found between the experimental group and the control group which was mainly due to theDominance Scale score on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule.2. There was no significant difference found between males and females.3. In the intercorrelation study substantial relationships were found among the three instruments.A conclusion was drawn that college students can be taught to become more assertive in social interpersonal relationships by including rational-emotive procedures with behavioral techniques of Assertive Training.3

M.A. / Disappointments in romantic relationships can have distressing and prolonged cognitive, emotional and behavioural effects. This study explored such disappointments in the form of betrayal, rejection and the accompanying beliefs, emotions and behaviours using the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy theoretical framework. A theory-building positivistic case study design was implemented. Five participants completed a quantitative measure of REBT beliefs, the Shortened General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale, and participated in a semi-structured interview. The experience of a romantic betrayal or rejection elicited greater irrational than rational beliefs, and more dysfunctional than functional outcomes (emotions and behaviours) for each participant. The implications for clinical practice are discussed using the REBT theoretical framework.