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The Role of Positive Schemas in Child Psychopathology and Resilience

Auteurs: L. Keyfitz, M. N. Lumley, K. H. Hennig, D. J. A. Dozois

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 1/2013

Abstract

Cognitive models of child psychopathology rarely consider positive schemas in models of risk. This study presents the new Positive Schema Questionnaire (PSQ) for youth, evaluating relations of positive schema themes to depression, anxiety, and resilience. Adolescent boys (n = 84) and girls (n = 88), aged 9–14 (M = 11.44), completed the PSQ, and measures of negative schemas, depression, anxiety, and resilience. Exploratory factor analyses of the PSQ supported a five-factor structure including themes of: Self-Efficacy, Optimism, Trust, Success, and Worthiness. Supporting its discriminant validity, the PSQ predicted additional variance in depression, anxiety, and resilience, beyond that predicted by negative schemas. Furthermore, the content specificity model as envisioned for negative schemas, was found to apply to positive schemas, with themes of Worthiness most predictive of depression and Self-Efficacy most predictive of anxiety and resilience. Findings have implications for incorporating positive schemas into cognitive models of psychopathology.

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Titel: The Role of Positive Schemas in Child Psychopathology and Resilience
Auteurs: L. Keyfitz
M. N. Lumley
K. H. Hennig
D. J. A. Dozois
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-012-9455-6

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