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The current research aims at identifying the relationship between the patterns of overexcitabilities and the cognitive beliefs of preparatory school students. The sample of research consists of (440) male and female students at preparatory school for the academic year (2016-2017). To achieve the aim of the research, the researcher uses two tools, the first one is overexcitabilities patterns, where the researcher is constructed overexcitabilities patterns scale which is based on the Dabrowski's theory. The final form of the scale consists of (30) items which are divided into five dimensions for overexcitabilities patterns scale. The second tool is the cognitive beliefs which is based on the Schumer model, where the researcher adopted the scale of Imad Aboud Hani (2014). The final form consists of (46) items which is divided into five areas of cognitive beliefs scale. The researcher uses the following statistical means which are; (t-test) for two independent samples, chi-square test for one sample, Pearson correlation coefficient and two-way variance analysis. After processing the data statistically, the following results are obtained: the preparatory school students are enjoyed with the patterns of overexcitabilities and the cognitive beliefs. There are statistically significant differences in the level of patterns of overexcitabilities according to the variable of specialization (scientific-literary) and in favor of literary specialization. There are statistically significant differences in the level of patterns of overexcitabilities depending on the gender variable (male - female) and in favor of male. There are statistically significant differences in the level of cognitive beliefs according to the specialization variable (scientific - literary) and in favor of literary specialization. There are also statistically significant differences in the level of cognitive beliefs according to the gender variable (male - female) and in favor of males. Thus, the relationship between patterns of overexcitabilities and cognitive beliefs is positively correlated. (Published abstract)