title: Associations between Grawe's general mechanisms of change and Young's early maladaptive schemas in psychotherapy research: a comparative study of change processes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aimed at analyzing associations between Grawe's general mechanisms of change and Young's early maladaptive schemas (EMS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Therefore, 98 patients completed the Scale for the Multiperspective Assessment of General Change Mechanisms in Psychotherapy (SACiP), the Young Shema Questionnaire-Short Form Revised (YSQ S3R), and diverse outcome measures at the beginning and end of treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our results are important for clinical applications, as we demonstrated strong predictive effects of change mechanisms on schema domains using regression analyses and cross-lagged panel models.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Resource activation experiences seem to be especially crucial in fostering alterations in EMS, as this change mechanism demonstrated significant associations with several schema domains. Future research should investigate these aspects in more detail using observer-based micro-process analyses.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy , University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Mander
authors.forename: Gitta A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sammet
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zipfel
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teufel
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*
keywords: change mechanisms; change processes; integrative psychotherapy; psychotherapy research; schema therapy