A preliminary study: designing and validating projective images of Young's early maladaptive schema (EMS) domains

A preliminary study: designing and validating projective images of Young's early maladaptive schema (EMS) domains

Siahmoshtei, J., Delavar, A., & Borjali, A. (2021). A preliminary study: designing and validating projective images of Young's early maladaptive schema (EMS) domains. BMC psychology, 9(1), 16. doi:10.1186/s40359-021-00514-9

BACKGROUND: This study aims to design and validate ten projective images of Young's Early Maladaptive Schema (EMS) domains. For this purpose, two questions are to be addressed. (1) How is the factorial structure of the projective images of EMS domains? (2) Do the images designed in the domains of disconnection and rejection, impaired autonomy and performance, impaired limits, other-directedness, and over-vigilance and inhibition have sufficient validity? METHODS: This is an applied mixed-methods exploratory study, in which the statistical population consisted of psychologists from Tehran Province in the qualitative section (n = 8) as well as other individuals aged between 18 and 65 years (mean age = 33) from Qazvin in the quantitative section (n = 102) in 2018. The research questions were analyzed through principal axis factoring with a varimax rotation, confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Cronbach's alpha. RESULTS: According to the results, ten images and five domains of Young's EMSs contribute to a simple structure. Accounting for 70.35

Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Humans; Iran; Middle Aged; Personality Assessment/*standards; Psychometrics/*instrumentation; Reproducibility of Results; *Self Concept; Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards; Young Adult;

Iran

General population - community

Schema domains

Psychometrics