@misc{cogprints6733, month = {November}, title = {Theory of cognitive distortions: personalisation}, author = {Dr Paul Franceschi}, year = {2009}, keywords = {cognitive therapy, cognitive distortions, personalisation, personalising bias, ideas of reference, delusion of reference}, url = {http://cogprints.org/6733/}, abstract = {In a previous paper (Compl{\'e}ments pour une th{\'e}orie des distorsions cognitives, Journal de Th{\'e}rapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 2007), we did present some elements aimed at contributing to a general theory of cognitive distortions. Based on the reference class, the duality and the system of taxa, these elements led to distinguish between the general cognitive distortions (dichotomous reasoning, disqualification of one pole, minimisation, maximisation) and the specific cognitive distortions (disqualifying the positive, selective abstraction, catastrophism). By also distinguishing between three levels of reasoning - the instantiation stage, the interpretation stage and the generalisation stage - we did also define two other cognitive distortions: over-generalisation and mislabelling (Th{\'e}orie des distorsions cognitives : la sur-g{\'e}n{\'e}ralisation et l'{\'e}tiquetage, Journal de Th{\'e}rapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 2009). We currently extend this model to another classical cognitive distortion: personalisation.} }