Early Maladaptive Schemas as Predictor of Adolescents Runaway
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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PHD student in Psychology. Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
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Proffesor of psychology. Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Submission date: 2013-08-12
Final revision date: 2013-11-02
Acceptance date: 2013-11-12
Publication date: 2013-12-20
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Tayebeh - Rakjhshani
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, maliabad,khalabanan ,gamaran, 194, 7187775713 shiraz, Iran
Arch Psych Psych 2013;15(4):45-49
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Aim of the study:
investigate the role of early maladaptive schemas as predictor of the adolescent’s girls' runaway
Subject or material and methods:
The participants were 30 adolescent runaway girls from the health centers of the city of Rasht who were selected through a purposive sampling, and 40 normal girls who were selected through a cluster sampling from the normal population of the city. The instrument used was Young's schema questionnaire.
Results:
The results of the discriminate analysis showed that after the stepwise analysis, 4 variables were remained which from the 1st to the 4th steps are subsequently: emotional deprivation, vulnerability to danger, defectiveness/shame and dependence/incompetence. The results of the function group categorization analysis showed that all adolescents of the normal group were predicted correctly (100%), however, the discriminate function had placed 96.7% of the runaway group in the right place and 3.3% were wrongly categorized. In general, the discriminate function categorized 98.6% of all cases correctly and this claims a high predictive power and asignificant validity for this model.
Discussion:
The results were compiled based on theoretical foundations and the role of the schemas in adolescent girls' running away was discussed
Conclusions:
The results of the function group categorization analysis showed that all adolescents of the normal group were predicted correctly (100%), however, the discriminate function had placed 96.7% of the runaway group in the right place and 3.3% were wrongly categorized.In general, the discriminate function categorized 98.6% of all cases correctly and this claims a high predictive power and a significant validity for this model