BACKGROUND Although the association between psychological trauma and early maladaptive schemas (EMS) is well established in the literature, no study to date has examined the relationship of EMS to PTSD and psychopathologies beyond depression and anxiety in a sample of adult survivors of interpersonal trauma. This information may be useful in helping our understanding on how to best treat interp...

The aims of this study were to examine differences in self-schemas between persons living with HIV/AIDS with and without depressive symptoms, and the degree to which these self-schemas predict depressive symptoms in this population. Self-schemas are beliefs about oneself and include self-esteem, HIV symptom management self-efficacy, and self-compassion. Beck's cognitive theory of depression gui...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a relatively common and severe psychiatric disorder that can impair quality of life in many ways. The aim of this study was to determine whether a combined treatment model for BPD patients, utilising major principles from schema-focused therapy (SFT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), could be more effective in relieving early maladaptive schemas ...

Introduction: This paper presents the correlates of sexual satisfaction, i.e. early maladaptive schemas and personality factors. Aim: The aim present study was to identify which are associated with clarify role temperamental dimensions in determining its level. In other words, analyses significance human experience determinants for level satisfaction. Methods: group consisted 104 people aged 18...

According to modern religious studies, religions are rooted in certain metaphorical representations, so they are metaphorical in nature. This article aims to show, first, how conceptual metaphors employ image schemas to make our language meaningful, and then to assert that image-schematic structure of religious expressions, by which religious metaphors conceptualize abstract meanings, is the ba...

Sustainable innovation now plays a leading role in the transformation and upgrading activities of enterprises, new business model is increasingly typical form innovation. Therefore, based on neo-institutional theory organization, this study mainly analyzes impact cognitive schemas ventures’ innovativeness by selecting service industry enterprises as research object referring to data from China ...