Objective: Early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) or fundamental beliefs that underpin stable and trait-like psychological disorders are chronic and relapsing. In, active schemas in dysthymic patients with major depression have been compared with healthy individuals.The purpose of this study was to compare early maladaptive schemas (Young, 2003, 1990) in dysthymic patients with major depression and h...

The use of psychoactive drugs is a wide spread phenomenon which occurs in virtually all cultures of the world. Most people who consume psychoactive substances may control their consumption well over their whole life span and even draw benefits from it (1). In a minority of the users , however, controlled drug use can make a transition to drug addiction. This is a psychiatric disorder which requ...

5 ISL : An Image Schema Language 7 5.1 Implementing Image Schemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2 Static Image Schemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.3 Action Schemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.3.1 Action Schemas as Finite State Machines ...

Trait anger is the strong predictor of various psychological symptoms like anxiety, depression, and hostility. Explaining how why this relationship occurs crucial to come up with more effective prevention intervention strategies in field. To end, current study aimed reveal mediating effect early maladaptive schemas, which basic concept schema therapy, on relations trait symptoms. Data was colle...

objective: alexithymia is recognized as a disability in explaining or understanding emotions and manifests at emotional and functional levels. this study was conducted with the aim of clarifying the role of early maladaptive schemas and attachment style in alexithymia disorder.  methods: this research was a correlational study. in this study, 220 students of tabriz university were selected by s...

Background Diabetes is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases around the world that accompanies assorted psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression due to being chronic. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of anxiety and depression on acceptance and action, considering emotional schemas of diabetics referring to diabetes clinics of health centers in...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cognitive models propose that depression is caused by dysfunctional schemas that endure beyond the depressive episode, representing vulnerability factors for recurrence. However, research testing negative cognitions linked to dysfunctional schemas in formerly depressed individuals is still scarce. Furthermore, negative cognitions are presumed to be linked to biases in ...

Jean is a computational account of several aspects of cognitive development, specifically, a kind of Piagetian schema-driven learning. Jean’s schemas amalgamate Piagetian sensorimotor schemas with Image Schemas and with Dynamic Maps. These schemas are implemented in our Image Schema Language. Using our Experimental State Splitting algorithm, Jean learns by composing schemas into gists and by di...