Whereas the clinical individual can not self regulate and employ appropriate strategies to cope with these stressors. Clinical populations will pay far more attention to negative outcomes thus believing that the antidotal evidence that a negative outcome this time will be repeated each time, even in situations that are not similar. The individual will construal’s blame on oneself for any negative outcomes and believe others view them the same way. When facing any situation the individual will anticipate that it will fail and the individual is at fault (Meichenbaum, 1978). This negative anticipation to an occurrence affects future situations and leads to a reinforcement of a negative view of self. This can enhance the negative automatic thoughts that one feels even without acknowledging they exist. This is one reason that an individual in the clinical population will become trapped in a circular negative thought process and self-blame (Beck, 1976).
In the clinical individual optimum activation levels can not be maintained or regulated. As activation and anticipation increases the individual lacks the resources to stem the increase. Core beliefs are predominantly deregulated with false beliefs of self and overgeneralizations (Maddi, 1996). Anticipation and expectation are that there is little use in trying to rectify any …show more content…
This lack of self-perseverance in the face of stress undermines the individual’s self-efficacy; reinforcing the false knowledge that one is at fault for one’s failures through false core beliefs that one is not capable of success. Like Kelly (1963) the false core beliefs of an individual will reinforce one’s general lack of worthiness in self and in society. A never ending circle of deprecating belief in one’s self becomes a central focus in the individual’s