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  • Clinical Research
  • Mental Health

Background:

  • Early maladaptive schemas (EMS) are proposed to underlie various psychological disorders.
  • Understanding the relationship between EMS domains and depression severity is crucial for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the association between the five EMS domains and depression severity.
  • To compare EMS profiles in patients with persistent depressive disorder (PDD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and healthy controls.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited participants: 30 PDD, 24 MDD, and 30 controls.
  • Utilized Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and Young Schema Questionnaire-3rd Edition Short Form (YSQ-S3).

Main Results:

  • All five EMS domains significantly correlated with depression severity (BDI-II scores, r=0.583-0.788).
  • Over-vigilance and inhibition, and disconnection and rejection were the strongest predictors of depression severity.
  • PDD group showed higher scores in disconnection/rejection, impaired autonomy/performance, and over-vigilance/inhibition compared to MDD and controls.

Conclusions:

  • All EMS domains are significantly associated with depression severity.
  • Distinct psychopathological differences exist between PDD and MDD.
  • EMS domains of disconnection/rejection, impaired autonomy/performance, and over-vigilance/inhibition may serve as specific risk factors for PDD.