Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire Score and Relationship Status
Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire Score and Relationship Status
Raquel Szymansky
California State University, Fullerton
Abstract There has been an abundance of research done on both the relationships between self-esteem and gender or between self-esteem and dating and sexual behavior. Although self-esteem is just one subset of this scale, neither gender nor dating and sexual behavior has been thoroughly researched in relation to the automatic thoughts questionnaire. In performing various data analysis in order to test the set of research hypotheses, it was found that prediction of ATQ scores and relationships stemming from them would not likely withstand the tests of reliability or repeatability. After carefully forming the research hypothesis, based on prior knowledge and the relationship between self-esteem with gender, relationship status, seriousness of relationships and length of relationships, data calculations showed no relationships between ATQ and the aforementioned variables. All research hypotheses were rejected and all null hypotheses for the variable sets were retained in this study.
Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire Score and Relationship Status Self-esteem has been studied in relation to many different variables. From risk of drug addiction to personal success levels, self-esteem seems to have a relation with a wide variety of human behaviors. However, self-esteem is also used as a component of a larger scalar measurement of human self-description known as the automatic thoughts questionnaire. This questionnaire is a 30-item instrument using personal adjustment and desire for change scores, negative self-concept scores, low self-esteem, and helplessness scores in order to measure the frequency of automatic negative statements about the self. (Holton & Kendall, 1980) Unfortunately, not much research has been done regarding the automatic thoughts questionnaire (ATQ) and its relation with various measureable categories of human
Raquel Szymansky
California State University, Fullerton
Abstract There has been an abundance of research done on both the relationships between self-esteem and gender or between self-esteem and dating and sexual behavior. Although self-esteem is just one subset of this scale, neither gender nor dating and sexual behavior has been thoroughly researched in relation to the automatic thoughts questionnaire. In performing various data analysis in order to test the set of research hypotheses, it was found that prediction of ATQ scores and relationships stemming from them would not likely withstand the tests of reliability or repeatability. After carefully forming the research hypothesis, based on prior knowledge and the relationship between self-esteem with gender, relationship status, seriousness of relationships and length of relationships, data calculations showed no relationships between ATQ and the aforementioned variables. All research hypotheses were rejected and all null hypotheses for the variable sets were retained in this study.
Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire Score and Relationship Status Self-esteem has been studied in relation to many different variables. From risk of drug addiction to personal success levels, self-esteem seems to have a relation with a wide variety of human behaviors. However, self-esteem is also used as a component of a larger scalar measurement of human self-description known as the automatic thoughts questionnaire. This questionnaire is a 30-item instrument using personal adjustment and desire for change scores, negative self-concept scores, low self-esteem, and helplessness scores in order to measure the frequency of automatic negative statements about the self. (Holton & Kendall, 1980) Unfortunately, not much research has been done regarding the automatic thoughts questionnaire (ATQ) and its relation with various measureable categories of human
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