We examine whether household sentiment can explain fluctuations in newly issued consumer loans. construct a novel measure of using detailed data from the harmonized surveys conducted European countries. differentiate between rational sentiment, which mimics dynamics macroeconomic fundamentals, and irrational proxies households’ optimism/pessimism on top their rationally sourced beliefs. show th...

The Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (ABS) is a widely used measure of irrational beliefs (IBs) but has important psychometric problems. Our objective to improve the quality Spanish version scale. Classical test theory, item response confirmatory factor analyses were combined obtain shorter scale using 2 samples: one from general population (n= 565) another with chronic pain 514). Pearson correlatio...

This study explored how religious fundamentalism related to irrational beliefs and primitive defense mechanisms. We also explored how the personality factors of openness to experience and neuroticism moderated these relations. Participants (N = 120) were recruited in an urban area from a Northeastern university, a psychotherapy center, and through Internet advertising. The results demonstrated ...

Economic theory reduces the concept of rationality to internal consistency. As far as beliefs are concerned, rationality is equated with having a prior belief over a “Grand State Space”, describing all possible sources of uncertainties. We argue that this notion is too weak in some senses and too strong in others. It is too weak because it does not distinguish between rational and irrational be...

Mission statements, one component of an organization’s culture, espouse the "official" and fundamental ideologies of the organization. Organizational culture, a component of organizational memory (OM), influences the members' behavior including the production of both functional and dysfunctional outcomes. This research uses a model from cognitive therapy to examine formal mission statements for...

Humans show a natural tendency to discount bad news while incorporating good news into beliefs (the "good news-bad news effect"), an effect that may help explain seemingly irrational risk taking. Understanding how this bias develops with age is important because adolescents are prone to engage in risky behavior; thus, educating them about danger is crucial. We reveal a striking valence-dependen...

I was originally asked to speak on the prospects of doing r physics at future B factories, i.e., machines to be designed and built in the upcomi ng decade(s) to achieve 1O34 luminosities at T(4S) energies. I have decided that I could give a more meaningful talk if the subject were the future of +r physics at the world’s existing B factory, namely CESR at Cornell. While I feel that much can and ...

Introduction This research was done with the objective of "Determine the effectiveness of learning coping strategies with Irrational Beliefs based on the theory of rational-emotional Alice on students’ attitude toward premarital relations in Yazd city". Materials and Methods In this semi experimental research 60 female students of Yazd-Iran, selected by using of Cochran’s formula and divided in...