المخططات المبكرة اللاتكيفية و تشوه صورة الجسم كمنبئات بالاكتئاب لدى عينة من الأقزام

Abstract EN

This research aims at examining the early mal-adaptive schema and its relationship to body image and depression in a sample of dwarfs.

Participants of 20 adult divided into two groups, dwarfs (n=10) and normal (n=10), with average of age 24.3 and 28.6 successively.

Using correlational comparative approach, participants completed the early maladaptive schema questionnaire (Young JF: translated form), Body image test (by the researcher) and Beck Depression inventory (BDI-II), to test first hypothesis that there is significant differences between the two groups of participants on early mal-adaptive schema questionnaire, body image test, and depression scores.

Second hypothesis is that there is a significant correlation between depressive symptom scores and both of distorted body image and early mal-adaptive schema.

Third hypothesis claims that both early maladaptive schema(and subfields scores), and distorted body image score could predict depressive symptoms in the dwarfs group.

Results reveal that there are significant differences between dwarfs and normal participants on scores of early maladaptive schema, body image and depression.

There are specific maladaptive schema fields significant correlate to depression in dwarfs.

There are significant correlation between body image subscales and depression in Dwarfs.

Early mal adaptive schema total score and physical body image could predict depression in dwarfs.