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 b...

Early maladaptive schemata are patterns or profound themes which include memories, excitements, cognitions and physical emotions which are formed in childhood or adolescence, sustain in journey of life. This study aimed to investigate relationship between early maladaptive schemas and safe communications in students. 226 married students (113 women and 113 men) in 23-33 age range were selected ...

Young has proposed a schema mode model of borderline personality disorder (BPD), hypothesizing that BPD patients tend to flip from 1 of 4 maladaptive schema modes to another. The present study is the first empirical test of this model, investigating whether these 4 modes are specific for BPD patients and whether BPD-relevant stress specifically increases one of the modes, the detached protector...

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between early maladaptive schemas, individuation, childhood and adulthood separation anxiety. sample was consisted 400 emerging adults, 265 (66.3%) women 135 (33.8%) men, determined according definition so ages partipants are 18-25. Sociodemographic Information Form, Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3 (YSQ-SF3), Separation Anxiety Symp...

Background: Psychological elements could have effective roles on applications for cosmetic surgery and also on their precognition and satisfaction with surgery.  The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of perfectionism, early maladaptive schemas, and attachment styles with body image concern through the moderating role of self-esteem in cosmetic surgery applicants. Methods: It ...

objective: young’s schema theory provides a theoretical basis that relates coping styles to early maladaptive schemas. this research aimed to identify maladaptive coping strategies including avoidance and over compensation strategies associated with migraine and tension headaches.  methods: the present research was of cross sectional and correlational study type. the measures included headache ...

objective: sexual addiction is a psychiatric disorder with unpleasant personal, inter-personal, legal, social, and physical outcomes for the patients. the cycle of this disorder is based on a false belief system known as early maladaptive schemas. this study aimed to examine and compare maladaptive cognitive schemas in sex addicts and normal people. methods: in the present study, a causal-compa...