Gender Differences in Maladaptive Cognitive Schema in Orphans in Dakahlia, Egypt

Table 2

Variation of the score of maladaptive schema according to gender.

Subscales	Gender		Significance
	Boys (Mean ± SD)	Girls (Mean ± SD)
Disconnection/rejection
Emotional deprivation	17.15±5.17	19.68±4.27	𝑡=3.07, 𝑃≤0.001
Abandonment/instability	20.79±5.68	23.22±5.35	𝑡=2.61, 𝑃≤0.001
Mistrust/abuse	16.61±4.92	19.06±4.17	𝑡=3.10, 𝑃≤0.001
Social isolation	15.68±5.78	20.54±4.90	𝑡=5.08, 𝑃≤0.001
Defectiveness/shame	16.36±5.51	20.54±4.74	𝑡=4.69, 𝑃≤0.001
Autonomy/performance
Failure to achieve	16.66±5.36	20.20±4.74	𝑡=4.09, 𝑃≤0.001
Dependence/incompetent	16.86±5.78	21.60±5.35	𝑡=5.03, 𝑃≤0.001
Vulnerability to harm	16.11±4.83	19.41±4.52	𝑡=4.18, 𝑃≤0.001
Enmeshment*	—	—	—
Other-directedness
Subjugation	17.56±5.61	20.56±4.92	𝑡=3.3, 𝑃≤0.001
Self-Sacrifice	18.90±5.26	19.72±4.33	𝑡=0.98, 𝑃=0.3
Over vigilance/inhibition
Emotional inhibition	17.24±4.87	21.08±4.91	𝑡=4.74, 𝑃≤0.001
Unrelenting standards	18.55±5.91	19.89±5.11	𝑡=1.4, 𝑃=0.2
Impaired limits
Entitlement grandiosity	18.40±5.55	21.52±5.56	𝑡=3.38, 𝑃≤0.001
Insufficient self-control	18.22±5.36	20.37±5.71	𝑡=2.38, 𝑃≤0.001
Total YSQ	246.1±38.6	288.3±32.67	𝑡=6.82, 𝑃≤0.001

∗Not possible to calculate because this variable is constant.