Testing three-item versions for seven of Young’s maladaptive schema

Testing three-item versions for seven of Young’s maladaptive schema

Blau, G., DiMino, J., Sheridan, N., Pred, R. S., Beverly, C., & Chessler, M. (2015). Testing three-item versions for seven of Young’s maladaptive schema. College Student Journal, 49(3), 369-374. doi:FAULTY DOI - 10.5539/jedp.v8n1p1

The Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) in either long-form (205-item) or short-form (75-item or 90-item) versions has demonstrated its clinical usefulness for assessing early maladaptive schemas. However, even a 75 or 90-item 'short form', particularly when combined with other measures, can represent a lengthy 'research-oriented' survey. This study’s purpose was to test whether shorter three-item measures could reliably measure maladaptive schemas. Using two samples, 102 undergraduates in counseling and 962 undergraduates not in counseling, psychometric support was found for reliably measuring seven three-item schemas: unrelenting standards, subjugation, mistrust and abuse, abandonment, dependence, entitlement and social exclusion. Such a research-version survey of the YSQ could be more easily combined with additional measures, without risking respondent fatigue and missing data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

maladaptive schemas; scale construction; attitude scaling; Adjustment; Psychometrics; Schema; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Test Validity;

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Early maladaptive schemas

Psychometrics