Dependency, “Irrationality,” and Community
The Dependency subscale of the Irrational Beliefs Test (IBT) was scored as a rational-emotive “irrationality” and as a religious “rationality.” Rational-emotive understandings of dependency appeared to recommend as mental health ideals a Machiavellian manipulativeness, an alienated normlessness, and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
1990
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Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1990, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 334-347 |
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| Summary: | The Dependency subscale of the Irrational Beliefs Test (IBT) was scored as a rational-emotive “irrationality” and as a religious “rationality.” Rational-emotive understandings of dependency appeared to recommend as mental health ideals a Machiavellian manipulativeness, an alienated normlessness, and avoidance of an empathic concern for and a communal orientation toward others. Dependency as a religious rationality was related to greater social responsibility, emotional empathy, and a communal orientation and to lower levels of interpersonal manipulativeness, alienation, and depression. IBT subscales seemed inadequately characterized as uniform indices of a pathogenic irrationality. Overall, these data supported recent communitarian arguments that an excessive individualism can be socially corrosive and that practical rationalities are difficult to disentangle from specific value commitments. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009164719001800404 |