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  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • Schema modes are central to schema therapy but their relation to personality traits is underexplored.
  • Trait emotional intelligence (TEI) is a key aspect of emotional functioning with potential links to personality and psychopathology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the associations between trait emotional intelligence (TEI) and 14 schema modes.
  • To test a mediation model linking global TEI, mode factors, and general psychological distress.

Main Methods:

  • Self-report data collected from 173 inpatients at a German psychosomatic medicine clinic.
  • Correlational analyses examined relationships between global TEI and specific modes.
  • Regression analyses explored partial effects of TEI factors on modes.
  • A parallel mediation model was employed to test indirect effects.

Main Results:

  • Global TEI positively correlated with healthy modes (happy child, healthy adult) and negatively with 10 maladaptive modes.
  • Specific TEI factors (emotionality, well-being, sociability, self-control) showed significant partial effects on various modes.
  • Internalization and compulsivity mode factors fully mediated the relationship between global TEI and general psychological distress.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support the integration of schema modes with personality traits, particularly TEI.
  • Low TEI may function as a transdiagnostic feature of personality malfunctioning.
  • Understanding TEI-mode relationships can inform therapeutic interventions for psychological distress.