Mechanisms underlying REBT in mood disordered patients: Predicting depression from the hybrid model of learning

作者：Jackson Chris J^*; Izadikah Zahra; Oei Tian P S

来源：Journal of Affective Disorders, 2012, 139(1): 30-39.

DOI：10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.025

• Hybrid model of learning
• Depression
• Learning styles profiler
• LSP
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy
• REBT

Background: Jackson%26apos;s (2005, 2008a) hybrid model of learning identifies a number of learning mechanisms that lead to the emergence and maintenance of the balance between rationality and irrationality. We test a general hypothesis that Jackson%26apos;s model will predict depressive symptoms, such that poor learning is related to depression. We draw comparisons between Jackson%26apos;s model and Ellis%26apos; (2004) Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Theory (REBT) and thereby provide a set of testable learning mechanisms potentially underlying REBT. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods and results: Results from 80 patients diagnosed with depression completed the learning styles profiler (LSP; Jackson, 2005) and two measures of depression. Results provide support for the proposed model of learning and further evidence that low rationality is a key predictor of depression. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: We conclude that the hybrid model of learning has the potential to explain some of the learning and cognitive processes related to the development and maintenance of irrational beliefs and depression.

• 出版日期2012-6