RE: Kelly & others

Tim A. Connor ( (no email) )
Tue, 26 Sep 1995 10:24:22 -0700 (PDT)

I've observed that a great many books on cognitive therapies cite Kelly
once in the first chapter, then never mention him again (Beck's book on
personality disorders, for instance). Perhaps out of embarassment?

Tim Connor
<connort@pacificu.edu>

On 26 Sep 1995, Lindsay Oades wrote:

> To AJ et al,
> I wonder how much of Beck's whole theory is "directly lifted from GAK's formal
> theory, without any citation".
> Lindsay Oades
> Wollongong
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> Suzanne,
>
> Your comments regarding the incorporation of Kelly's work by others
> was quite interesting. I just read a chapter on cognitive approaches
> to depression by Beck and others (ref for those interested upon
> request) that identifies viewing the multifaceted aspects of
> depression as having various "foci of convenience" which strikes me
> as directly lifted from GAK's formal theory, without any citation. I
> know that Beck is a member of NAPCN (don't know if he's on this list)
> but wonder if he got this from reading _The Psychology of Personal
> Constructs_
>
> A.J.. Zolten
> Univ. of Central AR
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