Cognitive distortions are individually generating thoughts or feelings that are negative, persuasive, and usually inaccurately based on reality. Cognitive distortions can also be referred to as types of thinking. Cognitive distortions all share the commonality of representing an individual’s private negative thinking about themselves and could cause an individual to interact negatively with others. For example, one cognitive distortion type is mental filtering. Mental filtering is when an individual focuses on the negative instead of the positive in a specific current situation. In other words, they filter anything optimistic. Cognitive distortions are important to study because it relates to daily negative thinking that an individual can experience. It is important for mental health professionals to be able to identify cognitive distortions when treating depression, stress, and anxiety because it is essential to modify an individual’s core beliefs in supporting their mental well-being … The purpose of this study was: 1.To determine which cognitive distortions affect high school students more frequently in achievement and social situations and whether it mirrors the college students found by Covin (2011). 2. To examine whether the students who reported higher GPAs and engaged in more rigorous academic courses reported higher frequencies of cognitive distortions …

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