title: Personality and early maladaptive schemas: a five-factor model perspective.
abstract: According to Young's schema model (Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S., & Weishaar, M. E. (2003). Schema therapy: A practitioner's guide. New York: Guilford Press), innate personality tendencies are important for the understanding of early maladaptive schemas (EMS). The current study examined the relations between EMS and the dimensions of the five-factor model of personality (FFM). One hundred and forty-seven adult outpatients completed the NEO PI-R, the Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (SQ-SF), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Correlational analyses showed a substantial overlap between EMS and the FFM, neuroticism in particular. EMS predicted depressive symptoms above and beyond the FFM personality dimensions. Implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Helgeland Hospital Trust Mo i Rana, Psychiatric Centre, Mo i Rana, Norway. jens.thimm@ntnu.no
authors.forename: Jens C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Thimm
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests; D057566:Self Report; D012917:Social Adjustment; D055815:Young Adult