s | 11 inverse correlation with plasma cortisol in males, whereas no correlation was seen in females Changes in the expression of TSPO were not accompanied by changes in cortisol. In conclusion, alterations in the expression of TSPO seem to be a sensitive indicator of stress. PS31 Early maladaptive schemes among young Moroccan students I. Jaouahir1, F-Z. Azzaoui2, A. Ahami1, M. Faid3 1Equip of ...

Objective: Aim of the study is to examine the relationships between early maladaptive schemas and the character and temperament aspects of personality, which are known as two approaches to the understanding of personality structure. Methods: We conducted the study using the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF) and the Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in 122 univer...

BACKGROUND Families play an essential role in maintaining children's mental, social, and physical health. The family provides the first and the most important social context for human development. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to predict early maladaptive schemas using Baumrind's parenting styles (root development). PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 357 undergraduate students of Islamic ...

Narcissism is a multifaceted construct that is inconsistently defined and assessed between clinical psychology and social-personality psychology. The purpose of the present study was to examine the similarities and differences in the cognitive schemas underlying various forms of narcissism. This was accomplished by examining the associations of normal and pathological forms of narcissism with t...

iv CHAPTER 1: Psychopathy and Narcissism 1 1.1 Personality Disorders 1 1.2 Psychopathy 9 1.2.1 Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD): Historical Background 9 1.2.2 Modern Conceptualisations: Primary and Secondary Psychopathy 14 1.2.3 Hare’s Two-Factor Conceptualisation of Psychopathy and the Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R) 15 1.2.4 Levenson’s Self-Report Psychopathy Scal...

BACKGROUND Primary maladaptive schemas, which are the basis of high-risk behavior and psychological disorders, result from childhood experiences with significant objects, such as fathers, in different developmental phases. OBJECTIVES This endeavor examined the role of the father in predicting these schemas. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 345 Islamic Azad University students (Qom Branch) wh...

The aim of this study is to describe variability in the shape and amplitude of intensity profiles of anger episodes and how it relates to duration, and to investigate whether this variability can be predicted on the basis of appraisals and emotion regulation strategies used. Participants were asked to report on a wide range of recollected anger episodes. By means of K-spectral centroid clusteri...

The main purpose of this study was to examine whether adult patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) demonstrate sets of dysfunctional cognitive beliefs and behavioural tendencies according to Jeffrey Young's schema-focused therapy model. Sets of dysfunctional beliefs (maladaptive schemas) were assessed with the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-S2) in 78 adult ADHD patients ...

Individuals differ in innumerable ways, some adaptive, some maladaptive, and some neutral. Personality theories, we argue, can profit from distinguishing among these importantly different types of individual variation. This article outlines a taxonomy of origins of individual differences—environmental sources of adaptive differences (e.g., early environmental calibration), heritable sources of ...

BACKGROUND War, as a stressor event, has a variety of acute and chronic negative consequences, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this context, early maladaptive schema-based problems in PTSD have recently become an important research area. The aim of this study was to assess early maladaptive schemas in patients with acute and chronic PTSD. METHOD Using available sampling metho...