Emotions in relation to cognitive distortions in thinking of the employed and unemployed individuals
Emotions in relation to cognitive distortions in thinking of the employed and unemployed individuals

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a research in which the frequency of occurrence of cognitive distortions in thinking of the employed and unemployed individuals was compared and the possible relationship to the positive or negative emotions was observed. Ten categories of cognitive distortions based on Beck’s Cognitive Theory were used for this study. Cognitive distortions were identified on the sample of 336 respondents by means of their daily records containing ten pages per diary. Various factors of cognitive distortions within the researched groups were generated by means of the factor analysis and Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient revealed the differences in relationships among cognitive distortions within the observed groups in connection to the positive and negative emotions. The occurrence of positive and negative emotions of the respondents was observed on the basis of the SHEWB (Subjective Habitual Emotional Well-Being) methodology.

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