A comparison of relationship between early maladaptive schemas with depression severity in suicidal group and non-clinical sample

The aim of this study was to compare the relationship between between the content of early maladaptive schema and depression severity in suicidal patients and non-clinical. Sampling method was available of including 101 participants of suicidal patient and 108 non-clinical participants who have been selected with random sampling method The young schema questioner short form version (75 items) and The Beck Depression Inventory-II were used. Significant relationship was found between, early maladaptive schemas with depression severity in both groups. Based on hierarchical regression analyses defectiveness/shame, failure, entitlement/grandiosity in suicidal group predicted depression severity and predictor schemas in non-clinical group were defectiveness/shame, entitlement/grandiosity, vulnerability to harm, and unrelenting standard. Analysis on z fishers didn't indicate any significant difference for comparison relationships between of two groups. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu & Dr. Mukaddes Demirok, Near East University, Cyprus