Emotional ABC theory:
Emotional ABC theory is a theory founded by American psychologist Ellis, who thinks that stimulus event A (the first English letter of A (activation event)) is only the indirect cause of emotion and behavior C (the first English letter of consensus), while the direct cause of C is the belief B (the first English letter of belief) generated by individual's cognition and evaluation of stimulus event A.
That is, the result of people's negative emotions and behavioral disorders (c) is not directly caused by a stimulus event (a), but by the wrong belief (b) generated by the incorrect cognition and evaluation of the individual who experienced this event. False beliefs are also called irrational beliefs.
A (antecedent) refers to the antecedent of the matter, and c (consideration) refers to the consequence of the matter. Every antecedent has consequences, but the same antecedent A has different consequences, such as C 1 and C2. This is because there must be a bridge B (belief) between cause and result. This is belief, which is our evaluation and explanation of the situation.
Because, in the same situation (a), different people have different ideas, evaluations and explanations (B 1 and B2) and will get different results (C 1 and C2). Therefore, everything that happens is rooted in faith (faith refers to people's thoughts, explanations and evaluations of events, etc. ).
Ellis, the founder of emotional ABC theory, believes that it is precisely because of some unreasonable beliefs that people often have emotional troubles. If these unreasonable beliefs persist for a long time, they will also cause emotional disorders. In the theory of emotional ABC, A stands for an induced event, and B stands for some beliefs of individuals about this induced event, that is, some opinions and explanations about it. C stands for the result of a person's mood and behavior.