The Validation of the Young Schema Questionnaire. Focus on early maladaptive schemas and their relationship with eating and substance use disorder symptoms KU Leuven
In 1990, Jeffrey Young developed the concept of early maladaptive schemas (EMS) to account for the dysfunctional beliefs in individuals with chronic characterological problems. He developed the Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy to treat these conditions (Young, 1990). Schema Therapy, as it is now called, has been increasingly applied in patient samples with several psychiatric disorders, such as mood disorders, eating disorders (ED) and ...