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The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Validation in a Sample of Adults with Social Anxiety Disorder UC Davis UC Davis Previously Published Works Title The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Validation in a Sample of Adults with Social Anxiety Disorder. Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5vx544z0 Journal Cognitive therapy and research, 41(4) ISSN 0147-5916 Authors Kaplan, Simona C Morrison, Amanda S Goldin, Philippe R et al. Publication Date 2017-08-01 DOI 10.1007/s10608-017-9838-9 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Cogn Ther Res (2017) 41:576–587 DOI 10.1007/s10608-017-9838-9 ORIGINAL ARTICLE The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Validation in a Sample of Adults with Social Anxiety Disorder Simona C. Kaplan1 · Amanda S. Morrison2 · Philippe R. Goldin3 · Thomas M. Olino1 · Richard G. Heimberg1 · James J. Gross2 Published online: 17 February 2017 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017 Abstract Cognitive distortions are thought to be central both confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses sup- to the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders ported the previously reported unitary factor structure. and are a widely acknowledged treatment target in cog- Findings extend prior research indicating the reliability and nitive-behavioral interventions. However, little research validity of the CD-Quest. has focused on the measurement of cognitive distortions. The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest; de Keywords Cognitive distortion · Cognitive error · Oliveira, Trial-based cognitive therapy: A manual for clini- Assessment · Cognitive model · Social anxiety · Social cians, Routledge, New York, 2015), a brief, 15-item ques- anxiety disorder tionnaire, assesses the frequency and intensity of cognitive distortions. The CD-Quest has been shown to have sound psychometric properties in American, Australian, and Bra- Introduction zilian undergraduate samples and one Turkish-speaking outpatient clinical sample. The current study aimed to pro- Cognitive-behavioral therapy is based on the premise that vide the first evaluation of the psychometric properties of the way we cognitively represent the world largely deter- the English version of the CD-Quest in a clinical sample mines how we feel and behave (e.g., Beck 1976; Beck et al. and the first evaluation of any version of the CD-Quest in 1979). Beck et al.’s (1979) cognitive theory postulates that a sample of adults diagnosed with social anxiety disorder our cognitions (i.e., the verbal or pictorial contents of our (SAD). In a sample of treatment-seeking adults with SAD, stream of consciousness) derive from schemas—cognitive the CD-Quest demonstrated good convergent validity, dis- structures that develop out of prior life experiences—and criminant validity, known-groups validity, and treatment that these schemas guide how we perceive ourselves, oth- sensitivity. It also showed good internal consistency, and ers, and the world around us. When schemas are dysfunc- tional, they engender distorted cognitions, predisposing certain individuals to experience pathological emotional Portions of this paper were presented at the 2016 meeting of the states. Beck et al. (1979) suggest that negative interpreta- Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Philadelphia, PA. The authors wish to thank Irismar Reis de Oliveira for his tions of problems and situations lead individuals to believe comments on an earlier draft of this paper. that they cannot master or overcome their psychological difficulties. Consequently, Beck’s cognitive therapy teaches * Richard G. Heimberg patients to identify, test, and alter their distorted cognitions [email protected] and dysfunctional schemas. According to Beck’s theory, 1 Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 North modification of distorted cognitions, and their related atti- 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085, USA tudes, beliefs, and information processing biases, is a core 2 Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, mechanism leading to symptom reduction (Clark and Beck CA, USA 2010). 3 The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University Despite the theoretical prominence of cognitive distor- of California, Davis, CA, USA tions in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of anxious Vol:.(1234567890)1 3 Cogn Ther Res (2017) 41:576–587 577 and depressive pathology, relatively little work has been has demonstrated good internal consistency, convergent, directed toward developing a strong, psychometrically and discriminant validity in undergraduate and clinical sound tool to assess the content and quantity of cogni- samples (Covin et al. 2011; Özdel et al. 2014). However, tive distortions. Such a measure could facilitate treatment although the CDS was developed as a two-factor measure planning as well as the assessment of progress by measur- to assess cognitive distortions occurring in interpersonal ing changes in cognitive distortions over time. A measure and achievement domains, it exhibited a one-factor solution of cognitive distortions would also allow researchers and (Covin et al. 2011). Thus, there is need for more refined clinicians to examine differences in patterns of cognitive understanding of the psychometric properties of tools used distortions—in terms of frequency, intensity, and content— to measure cognitive distortions. across individuals and groups. Further, such a measure Recent research demonstrating the CD-Quest’s psycho- would enable researchers to evaluate the relative impor- metric properties across multiple and diverse samples is tance of distinct cognitive distortions in the maintenance of providing increasing support for this measure. The CD- various disorders and consequently refine treatment based Quest was developed simultaneously in English and Portu- on relevant thinking patterns (Morrison et al. 2015). guese as a tool to be completed by patients over the course Various measures have been developed to assess con- of treatment to demonstrate the connections between cog- structs related to cognitive distortions. Such measures nitive distortions and resulting emotions and maladaptive include questionnaires assessing negative automatic behaviors, as well as to help therapists quantify the fre- thoughts (e.g., Anxious Self-Statements Questionnaire, quency and intensity of patients’ cognitive distortions over Kendall and Hollon 1989; Automatic Thoughts Question- time (de Oliveira et al. 2015). Each of the 15 items of the naire; Hollon and Kendall 1980). Measures have also been CD-Quest assesses the frequency and intensity of a specific developed that assess automatic thoughts specific to indi- cognitive distortion: (1) dichotomous thinking (all-or-noth- viduals who experience elevated social anxiety (e.g., The ing, or black-or-white thinking), (2) fortune telling (cata- Social Thoughts and Beliefs Scale; Turner et al. 2003). strophizing), (3) discounting the positive, (4) emotional Automatic thoughts are thoughts that automatically emerge reasoning, (5) labeling, (6) magnification/minimization, (7) in, or in anticipation of, anxiety-provoking situations, and selective abstraction (mental filter, tunnel vision), (8) mind they typically contain, but are not the same as cognitive reading, (9) overgeneralization, (10) personalization, (11) distortions. For instance, one might have the automatic should statements (“musts,” “ought tos,” and “have tos”), thought, “Everyone is going to hate my speech,” which (12) jumping to conclusions (arbitrary inference), (13) contains the cognitive distortion fortune telling. Psycho- blaming others or oneself, (14) what if…? statements, and metrically sound measures of attitudes or schemas, which (15) unfair comparisons. underlie or precede cognitive distortions, have also been Research conducted to date examining the CD-Quest developed (e.g., the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale, Weiss- has found it to possess good psychometric properties. de man and Beck 1978). A measure of distorted beliefs related Oliveira et al. (2015) assessed the initial psychometric to social anxiety (e.g., “If I don’t get everything right, I’ll properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the meas- be rejected”) has also been developed (Self-Beliefs Related ure in a sample of undergraduate students. It showed good to Social Anxiety Scale; Wong et al. 2013), as well as a internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.85) and convergent measure of unconditional core beliefs about oneself for validity with self-report measures of depression and anxi- individuals with SAD (e.g., “I am unlikeable”; Wong et al. ety (r = 0.65, and r = 0.52, respectively). Furthermore, the 2017). Although the aforementioned measures tap con- CD-Quest was able to discriminate between those endors- structs associated with, preceding, and underlying cognitive ing high depression and anxiety and those without these distortions, they do not assess types, patterns, frequency, or symptoms. Lastly, a principal components analysis showed intensity of cognitive distortions. that the items can be aggregated as a single component. To our knowledge, only four measures have been devel- Two other psychometric studies have evaluated the oped that attempt to directly assess cognitive distortions: CD-Quest in student samples. Morrison et al. (2015) the Cognitive Error Questionnaire—General Form (CEQ; examined the CD-Quest’s psychometric properties in a Lefebvre 1981), the Inventory of Cognitive Distortions large undergraduate sample from a public university in (ICD; Yurica 2002), the Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS; the United
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