Early maladaptive schemata are patterns or profound themes which include memories, excitements, cognitions and physical emotions which are formed in childhood or adolescence, sustain in journey of life. This study aimed to investigate relationship between early maladaptive schemas and safe communications in students. 226 married students (113 women and 113 men) in 23-33 age range were selected ...

Within psychology and psychiatry, gender identity has developed at least two distinguishable meanings: awareness of anatomy (e.g., Stoller, 1974) and endorsing specific traits that are stereotypical of different gender groups (e.g., Bem, 1974; Wood & Eagly, 2010). However, neither existing approach has considered gender identity to be a self-categorization process that exists within personality...

The article explores coming out narratives, as its starting point employing a multilevelapproach to this phenomenon in line with model proposed by Zoltan Kӧvecses (2017),applying image schemas, domains and frames, metaphor scenarios. It describes howthese levels interact each other construe the metaphoric meaning at levelof mental structures which motivate linguistic choices narratives concerni...