creators_name: Franceschi, Paul type: preprint datestamp: 2011-01-11 03:27:50 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:50 metadata_visibility: show title: Theory of Cognitive Distortions: Application to Generalised Anxiety Disorder subjects: appl-cog-psy subjects: cog-psy full_text_status: public keywords: cognitive therapy, cognitive distortions, generalised anxiety disorder abstract: In a previous paper (Compléments pour une théorie des distorsions cognitives, Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 2007), we did present some elements aimed at contributing to a general theory of cognitive distortions. The latter elements, based on the reference class, the duality and the system of taxa, are applied here to generalised anxiety disorder. This allows to describe, on the one hand, the specific distortions related to generalised anxiety disorder, consistently with recent work emphasising the role played by uncertain situations with regard to future events. On the second hand, these elements allow to define one type of structured reasoning, of inductive nature, which contributes to the formation and maintenance of anxious ideas. date: 2011-01-07 date_type: published refereed: TRUE referencetext: Butler G & Matews A. Cognitive processes in anxiety. Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy 1983 ; 5 : 51-62. Butler G & Matews A. Anticipatory anxiety and risk perception. Cognitive Therapy and Research 1987 ; 11 : 551-565. Carleton R, Norton M & Aslundson G. Fearing the unknown: A short version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 2007 ; 21-1 : 105-117. Canterbury R, Golden A, Taghavi R, Neshat-Doost H, Moradi A & Yule W. Anxiety and judgements about emotional events in children and adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences 2004 ; 36 : 695-704. Dalgleish T, Taghavi R, Neshat-Doost H, Moradi A, Yule W & Canterbury R. Information processing in clinically depressed and anxious children and adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1997 ; 38 : 535-541. Dugas M, Buhr K & Ladouceur R. The role of intolerance of uncertainty in etiology and maintenance. In R. Heimberg, C. Turk, & D. Mennin (Eds.). Generalized anxiety disorder: Advances in research and practice. Guilford, New York, 2004 (143-163). Franceschi P. Compléments pour une théorie des distorsions cognitives. Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive 2007 ; 17-2 : 84-88. Franceschi P. Une défense logique du modèle de Maher pour les délires polythématiques. Philosophiques 2008 ; 35-2 : 451-475. Sgard F, Rusinek S, Hautekeete M & Graziani P. Biais anxieux de perception des risques. Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive 2006 ; 16-1 : 12-15. citation: Franceschi, Paul (2011) Theory of Cognitive Distortions: Application to Generalised Anxiety Disorder. [Preprint] document_url: http://cogprints.org/7175/1/tbc-TAG-en_%28Cogprints%29.pdf