Specific Dysphoric Symptoms Are Predicted by Early Maladaptive Schemas

Table 2

Mean EMS scores.

	Men	Women	𝑡
Abandonment	2.1 (1.1)	2.2 (1.1)	1.0
Mistrust/Abuse	2.2 (0.9)	2.2 (1.0)	−0.3
Emotional Deprivation	1.8 (0.9)	1.9 (1.1)	0.9
Defectiveness/Shame	1.6 (0.9)	1.5 (1.0)	−0.6
Social Isolation/Alienation	2.4 (1.2)	2.1 (1.1)	−2.6*
Dependence/Incompetence	1.6 (0.7)	1.5 (0.7)	−1.7
Vulnerability to Harm or Illness	1.6 (0.7)	1.8 (0.9)	1.7
Enmeshment/Undeveloped Self	1.6 (0.7)	1.8 (0.9)	2.3*
Failure	1.7 (0.9)	1.7 (1.0)	0.2
Entitlement/Grandiosity	2.7 (1.0)	2.6 (0.9)	−0.7
Insufficient Self-Control/Self-Discipline	2.4 (1.1)	2.2 (0.9)	−1.9
Subjugation	1.9 (0.9)	1.9 (0.9)	−0.2
Self-Sacrifice	2.8 (0.9)	3.1 (1.1)	2.9*
Approval-Seeking/Recognition-Seeking	2.8 (1.0)	2.6 (1.0)	−1.9
Negativity/Pessimism	2.1 (1.0)	2.1 (1.0)	0.1
Emotional Inhibition	2.7 (1.2)	2.4 (1.1)	−3.1*
Unrelenting Standards/; Hypercriticalness	3.3 (0.9)	3.3 (0.9)	0.1
Punitiveness	2.3 (1.0)	2.2 (1.0)	−0.6

Note. *𝑃<0.05.