Prediction of psychosomatic symptoms of employed women based on primary maladaptive schemas

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Psychology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Psychology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding author)

Abstract

Introduction: Schemas are stable thought patterns that are created in childhood and continue and expand throughout life. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between primary maladaptive schemas and psychosomatic symptoms in working women.
Methodology: The research method was correlation with prediction approach; The statistical population of the present study included all the women working in the Central Bank of Tehran in the first half of 2013, and 250 people were selected as the research sample using the available sampling method. Research instruments included maladaptive schemas (Young, 1998) and psychosomatic symptoms (Lacourt et al., 2013). Research data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression methods.
Results: The correlation coefficient showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between some primary maladaptive schemas and psychosomatic symptoms. The regression coefficient of predicting psychosomatic symptoms through the domains of primary maladaptive schemas shows that the domain of cut and rejection (with a regression coefficient of 0.154), self-management (with a regression coefficient of 0.142), and ear-ringing domain (with a regression coefficient of 0.141) respectively, were the best predictors of psychosomatic symptoms. The regression results showed that 38% of the changes in the variable of psychosomatic symptoms can be determined through the domains of primary maladaptive schemas.
Conclusion: By improving the initial maladaptive schemas in working women, the psychosomatic symptoms of working women can be reduced.

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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 67, Issue 6
January and February 2025
Pages 1585-1592

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