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(2007) NO 2. Vol VII Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies

THE PROFILE OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS; NORMS FOR THE ROMANIAN POPULATION

THE PROFILE OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS;

NORMS FOR THE ROMANIAN POPULATION

David OPRIS*, Bianca MACAVEI
Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract
The Profile of Emotional Distress (PED) is an instrument elaborated to assess the subjective dimension of functional and dysfunctional negative feelings (affect). To our knowledge, this is the first self-report instrument, elaborated based on Albert Ellis’s binary model of distress, designed to focus solely on the subjective dimension of emotions. Reliability, validity, and normation studies for the Romanian population were conducted on a group larger than 700 participants. Internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach’s alphas) ranged from .75 to .94, which are considered good values for a self-report instrument.

Key words: binary model of distress, functional and dysfunctional negative feelings, rational emotive behavior therapy, reliability, validity, norms for Romanian population.

Pages: 139-158