Prediction early maladaptive schemas based on parent child relationship patterns and attachment styles

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

atefeh khorasani zade ¹ (ph.d student of psychology islamic Azad university,karaj,tehran)
tahere ranjbaripour ² (assistant professor in department of psychology, islamic azad university, karaj,iran)
Hamid Poursharifi ³ (Department of psychology, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran.)
fariborz bagheri ⁴ (associate professor in department of psychology, science and research branch, islamic azad university,tehran,iran)
jafar pouyamanesh ⁵ (assistant professor in department of psychology, islamic azad university,abhar,iran)

Received: 2019-06-01 Accepted : 2019-06-01 Published : 2018-12-22

Keywords: Attachment styles, Parent-child relationship pattern, Schema,

Abstract :

Early maladaptive schemas are profound, inclusive and ineffective patterns developed in childhood or adolescence, continue in adulthood, and act at the deepest level of cognition-in a way the person does not know about them. Typically, schemas are supposed to be developed as a result of initial experiences with attachment manifestations. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of attachment styles as a mediator in parent-child relationship patterns with early maladaptive schemas. For this purpose, 420 students of Azad University of Tehran in the academic year of 2017-2018 were selected through availability sampling and were evaluated for parental-child relationship patterns, schemas and attachment.  Hierarchical regression analysis showed that among the components of mother-child relationship pattern " control, intertwine , inflexibility and indifference", and among the components of father-child relationship pattern " intertwine " , and among attachment styles, " ambivalent and avoidant attachment styles" were meaningful predictors of early maladaptive schemas.  It seems that through modifying parent-child relationship patterns and considering attachment styles, we can prevent the formation of maladaptive schemas.