Cognitive Distortion Scale (CDS) PDF

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS SCALE (CDS) Briere, J. (2000) Name: _________________ Age : _______ Gender: _______ Date :__________ Instructions : Read each item, mark how often you have had this thought or feeling in thelast month. Indicate the answer by circling the number...

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS SCALE (CDS) Briere, J. (2000) Name: _________________ Age : _______ Gender: _______ Date :__________ Instructions : Read each item, mark how often you have had this thought or feeling in thelast month. Indicate the answer by circling the number that best represents the response. S. Never Once Some- Often Very No or times Often Twice 1 Putting yourself down 1 2 3 4 5 2 Blaming yourself to something 1 2 3 4 5 that happened to you 3 Feeling helpless to improve your 1 2 3 4 5 situation 4 Feeling hopeless 1 2 3 4 5 5 Expecting people to treat you 1 2 3 4 5 badly 6 Hating yourself 1 2 3 4 5 7 Telling yourself that you got what 1 2 3 4 5 you deserved when something bad happened 8 Feeling like you don.t have much 1 2 3 4 5 control over what happens to you 9 Thinking that things will never be 1 2 3 4 5 very good for you 10 The world seeming dangerous 1 2 3 4 5 11 Criticizing yourself 1 2 3 4 5 12 Being mad at yourself for getting 1 2 3 4 5 hurt by someone 13 Feeling like there isn‟t much that 1 2 3 4 5 you can do to fix things in your life S. Never Once Some- Often Very No or times Often Twice 14 Not having any hope about the 1 2 3 4 5 future 15 Expecting bad news 1 2 3 4 5 16 Calling yourself names 1 2 3 4 5 17 Thinking that you deserved a bad 1 2 3 4 5 thing that happened to you 18 Not having any control over your 1 2 3 4 5 life 19 Thinking that your life will never 1 2 3 4 5 improve 20 Thinking that someone might hurt 1 2 3 4 5 you 21 Not liking yourself 1 2 3 4 5 22 Blaming yourself for your trouble 1 2 3 4 5 23 Thinking that there is no of trying 1 2 3 4 5 to change things 24 Thinking that things will never get 1 2 3 4 5 much better 25 Expecting the worst from people 1 2 3 4 5 26 Feeling unattractive 1 2 3 4 5 27 Feeling ashamed about something 1 2 3 4 5 that happened to you 28 Feeling like bad things happen to 1 2 3 4 5 you no matter how hard you try to keep them from happening 29 Not feeling like you will have 1 2 3 4 5 much of future 30 Thinking the worst when someone 1 2 3 4 5 said they had something to tell you 31 Putting yourself down around 1 2 3 4 5 other people 32 Feeling guilty about something 1 2 3 4 5 that was done to you S. Never Once Some- Often Very No or times Often Twice 33 Feeling like you have no control 1 2 3 4 5 over what happens in the life 34 Thinking your life will never get 1 2 3 4 5 better 35 Thinking that people were trying 1 2 3 4 5 advantage of you 36 Calling yourself stupid or ugly 1 2 3 4 5 37 Blaming yourself for something 1 2 3 4 5 even though it probably wasn‟t your fault 38 Not feeling like you have many 1 2 3 4 5 choices in life 39 Feeling hopeless about the future 1 2 3 4 5 40 Expecting to be unfairly criticized 1 2 3 4 5 or put down Sub-total