THE COMPARISON BETWEEN EARLY MALADAPTIVE SCHEMAS IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND THE GENERAL POPULATION

Abstract

The aim of present study is to compare early maladaptive schemas in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients and the general population. In this cross-sectional study, the available sampling is including 60 patients suffered from major depression initially diagnosed by a psychiatrist (using a structured interview), and began the medication to treat depression (outpatient). To collect and analyze data, Young early maladaptive schema tests and Beck Depression Inventory were used. The results show that considering (P <0/05), there is a significant difference between early maladaptive schemas of population with depression and the general population. Also, the lateral analysis reveals that in the field of cuts and exclusion schemas: release / instability, mistrust / abuse, emotional deprivation, defectiveness / shame, social isolation / alienation, in the field of autonomy and disordered function: dependence / incompetence, vulnerability to harm or illness, / not evolved, caught, failure, in areas of other directed Schema: the schema of obedience, among excessive vigilance and  inhibition schemas, emotional inhibition schema shows a significant difference. According to the findings, the results show the difference between mean scores of subjects variables (early maladaptive schemas) in the level of (P <o/o5) that is significant and this represents the results of this study are confirmed with previous ones.