抄録
This experiment was conducted in order to search how holding an irrational belief as a role affected anxiety and predictions according to the degrees of attributive irrational beliefs. Fifty-three Japanese college students had their degrees of attributive irrational beliefs surveyed beforehand and were asked to imagine themselves in neutral, strained and relaxed situations. In a strained situation they were further asked to imagine (a) that they were adhering to an irrational or a rational belief; and (b) that they were sufficiently or not sufficiently prepared for the situation. While in their assignments, subjects were asked to report their state of anxiety and to make predictions of the results. Subjects whose degrees of attributive irrational beliefs were high, reported that holding an irrational belief as a role elicited higher anxiety than holding a rational belief when they lacked preparation. On the other hand, subjects whose degrees of attributive irrational beliefs were low, reported the same result, irrespective of the preparedness. Further implications of these finding were discussed.
