Validation of the greek version of the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3: Internal consistency reliability and validity.

Validation of the greek version of the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3: Internal consistency reliability and validity. Psychiatriki. 2018 Jul-Sep;29(3):220-230 Authors: Malogiannis IA, Aggeli A, Garoni D, Tzavara C, Michopoulos I, Pehlivanidis A, Kalantzi-Azizi A, Papadimitriou GN Abstract Schema therapy (ST) is an integrative therapy, which combines elements of cognitive behavior therapy, attachment theory, object relations theory and emotional-focused models. Schema therapy is an effective treatment for patients with personality disorders and other chronic psychological disorders. Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMSs) are a main concept in schema theory referring to self-defeating, core themes or patterns. They develop as a result of traumatic or toxic childhood experiences and the frustration of the core emotional needs in childhood. To date 18 EMSs have been identified and grouped into five higher order structures, known as domains. For the evaluation of the EMSs, Young developed a self-report inventory, the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ). There are two forms of the YSQ, the Young Schema Questionnaire - Long Form 3 (YSQ-L3) a 232-item inventory and the Young Schema Questionnaire - Short form 3 (YSQ-S3), a 90-item inventory, which is a subset of the Long form. The aim of this study was to validate the Greek Version of the YSQ-S3. A non-clinical sample of 1,236 undergraduate students completed the YSQ-S3 and 124 patients with ...
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