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Psychometric Properties of Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire Short Form-75 Items (YSQ-SF)
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Shahrbanoo Ghahari    , Fatemeh Viesy , Hamed Kavand , Maryam Yeke fallah , Hossein Zandifar , Nazanin Farrokhi , Reza Davoodi |
| Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon |
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Abstract: (2821 Views) |
Background: Early maladaptive schemas are the most important causes for psychiatric disorders. Therefore, this study aimed at validating maladaptive schemas questionnaire short form (YSQ-SF-75) in clinical and normal groups.
Method: This current stud was a cross-sectional and instrument validating research. In this research, 431 subjects were who had referred to psychiatric and psychology centers in Tehran (men: clinical: 33/8%; women: clinical: 66/2%; normal group: 42/7%) were selected and assigned to clinical group (n=204; 47.3%) and normal (n-227; 52/7%) group without diagnosis. Demographic questionnaire and Young Schemas Questionnaire Short Form (YSQ-SF-75) were used to validate the questionnaire. To examine validity of the construct, factor analysis-based correlation method was used and internal consistency method was applied to examine reliability. Data were analyzed using SPSS-22 Software.
Results: The Cronbach’s alpha results obtained from internal reliability of early maladaptive schemas questionnaire indicated the range of 0/76-0/90 for this coefficient and 0/96 for the whole scale. Moreover, correlations of items set obtained above 0/4 approving that majority of subscales (except for SI, DS, DI, and SS) have satisfactory internal consistency.
Conclusion: the research results showed that this questionnaire is a proper and valid tool to for early maladaptive schemas assessment in normal and clinical adults.
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| Keywords: Maladaptive schema, Psychometric properties, personality Disorders |
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Received: 2021/01/18 | Accepted: 2020/09/21 | Published: 2020/09/21
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