The student has negative thoughts about his self, as he may feel he does not deserve to be in college.
The student has negative thoughts about his future, because he thinks he may not pass the class.
As the Total score of the CATS-N/P represents the extent to which a child has negative thoughts, the positive items are not added to the Total score on the CATS-N/P.
"It used to be commonly thought that only people who had negative thoughts about themselves are people with clinical conditions, but with so much research now on mindfulness, we know we're all having automatic thoughts," she says.
"James did mention to avoid having negative thoughts," Polsky said.
"He had to maintain a certain sanity and not have negative thoughts".
"It was so hard," Farah said, "because you are always having negative thoughts.
"It cleanses me so I don't have negative thoughts or self-pity".
"He was trying to keep the guys from having negative thoughts".
The cognitive program taught the kids to identify when they were having negative thoughts, to evaluate those thoughts objectively, and then to come up with alternatives.
