Exploratory Study into Relations between Cognitive Distortions and Emotional Appraisals
It addresses an interdisciplinary gap in psychology and computational research by linking cognitive distortions and emotional appraisals, but it is incremental as it builds on existing concepts without major breakthroughs.
This study explored the relationship between cognitive distortions and emotional appraisals, finding that patterns of statistically significant relationships vary across distortion categories, leading to distinct appraisal profiles for each class.
In recent years, there has been growing interest in studying cognitive distortions and emotional appraisals from both computational and psychological perspectives. Despite considerable similarities between emotional reappraisal and cognitive reframing as emotion regulation techniques, these concepts have largely been examined in isolation. This research explores the relationship between cognitive distortions and emotional appraisal dimensions, examining their potential connections and relevance for future interdisciplinary studies. Under this pretext, we conduct an exploratory computational study, aimed at investigating the relationship between cognitive distortion and emotional appraisals. We show that the patterns of statistically significant relationships between cognitive distortions and appraisal dimensions vary across different distortion categories, giving rise to distinct appraisal profiles for individual distortion classes. Additionally, we analyze the impact of cognitive restructuring on appraisal dimensions, exemplifying the emotion regulation aspect of cognitive restructuring.