Attachment and symptoms of psychopathology: early maladaptive schemas as a cognitive link?

Autor: Leen Van Vlierberghe, Guy Bosmans, Caroline Braet
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 17:374-385
ISSN: 1063-3995
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.667
Popis: This study investigated whether early maladaptive schemas can explain the relation between attachment anxiety and avoidance dimensions and symptoms of psychopathology. For this purpose, 289 Flemish, Dutch-speaking, late adolescents participated on a questionnaire study. Using a non-parametric re-sampling approach, we investigated whether the association between attachment and psychopathology was mediated by early maladaptive schemas. Results indicate that the association between attachment anxiety and psychopathology is fully mediated by cognitions regarding rejection and disconnection and other-directedness. The association between attachment avoidance and psychopathology is partly mediated by cognitions regarding rejection and disconnection.
Databáze: OpenAIRE