Relationship Between the Early Maladaptive Schema and Social Networks Addiction Among Semnan University of Medical Sciences Students

Introduction: Early maladaptive schemas are self-destructive emotional and cognitive patterns that have been formed at the beginning of development and they are repeated in the life; and since early maladaptive schemas can be the most predictive of addiction and social networking addiction is also considered as an injury or complication; the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and social networks addiction among students. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 350 students of Semnan University of Medical Sciences. In this study, Yang’s short form questionnaire and the questionnaire of social network s addiction based on mobile were used. Data were analyzed by chi-square test, and logistic regression. Results:  There were 186 (53.2%) students who had social network addiction. 215 (61.4%) students had at least one early maladaptive schema. The gender of the woman (OR=0.35, P=0.021), age over 21 years (OR=0.56, P<0.001), the formation of the schema of recognition (OR=0.54, P=0.01) and the formation of the schema entitlement (OR=0.47, P=0.002) with the reduction and the formation of the schema of social isolation / emotional inhibition (OR=2.94, P=0.006) was accompanied with increasing of the chance of being addicted to social networks. Conclusion: The results showed that some of the individual characteristics and the formation of some of the schemas are associated with decreasing and increasing the chance of addiction to social networks.