Differences in early maladaptive schemes expression

Abstract

This paper has targeted the identification of significant differences in the early maladaptive schemas endorsement according to the subject’s gender and diagnostic category, and the assessment of the presence and strength of the correlation between the intensity of the aforementioned schemas and the subject’s age. We found significant statistical gender differences regarding the Unrelenting standards/ hypercriticalness (Us) schema and significant statistical differences regarding the Failure to achieve (Fa) schema according to the subjects’ diagnosis, the effect size of the result being above average. Finally, a significant positive correlation has been found between the subject’s age and the intensity of the Punitiveness (Pu) schema, but the result had a below-average effect size.