Investigating the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and antisocial and borderline personality disorder mediated by pathological hostility and negative emotion

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and antisocial and borderline personality disorder mediated by morbid hostility and negative emotion. This research is a descriptive and path analysis that a statistical sample of 359 people (230 females and 129 males), which was available in the range of 18 to 50 years old in the city of Mashhad was selected. The research instruments included Youngchr('39')s Early maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire (1990), Bagby and Farolden Personality Disorders (2007), and the DSM-5 Personnel Questionnaire based on Garger et al. (2012). The results of the path analysis showed that the model has a good fit. Gamma pathway coefficients (g) including schemas of abandonment, worry, self-punishment, and distrust of the negative emotion variable were significant (P <0.05). Gamma pathway coefficients also include schemas of concern, deficiency, self-sacrifice, superiority, and self-control to the variable of pathological hostility. Finally, beta (β) pathway coefficients of negative emotion to antisocial personality disorder and hostility to antisocial personality became significant. Also, the path coefficient of pathological hostility to pathological personality was significant. Therefore, it can be concluded that early maladaptive schemas, mediated by negative emotion and pathological hostility, are able to predict borderline and antisocial personality disorder.