Comparing early maladaptive schemas, emotional regulation and coping strategies in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy people

The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare maladaptive schemas and emotional regulation and coping strategies in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy individuals. The statistical population of all individuals with multiple sclerosis was Sina Hospital in Tehran (1966-1393). Of these, 202 patients were selected from 102 patients with multiple sclerosis and 100 healthy subjects were selected by the available sampling method. The research tool was Yang-Shaped Schema Questionnaire (Yang, 2005) and Gross and John's (2003) Threat Settlement Questionnaire and Short Carver Coping Strategies Questionnaire (1997). The statistical method used was variance analysis. Based on the analysis of research data, patients with multiple sclerosis use early abnormal scaling and exclusion, self-regulation, and impaired function, impaired limits, and other important health behaviors. There was no significant difference between the two groups of healthy and ill people in the components of abandonment, mistrust/ill-treatment, vulnerability to disease and disease, self-evolution / crippling, self-sacrifice, and stubborn criteria. Also, the results showed that there was no significant difference between stress reduction and reassessment strategies between the two groups of patients and healthy people, but there was a significant difference in the dysfunctional coping strategy. Therefore, there is a significant difference between early maladaptive schemas, emotional regulation strategies and coping strategies in people with multiple sclerosis and healthy