A Comparison of Emotional Schemas in Patients with Bipolar Disorders and Major Depressive Disorder in Remission and Nonclinical Population

Rahabarian, Mahsa; Mohammadi, Abolfazl; Abasi, Imaneh; Meysamie, Alipasha; Nejatisafa, Ali‐Akbar

doi:10.15412/j.jpcp.06040207

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“…The current study extends prior research in several ways. Historically, research using the LESS has focused on treatment‐seeking samples (Leahy, 2002; Mazloom et al, 2016; Rahabarian et al, 2016; Silberstein et al, 2012; Tirch et al, 2012), which is certainly important. Yet, it is also important to understand emotional schemas and emotion beliefs in people in general, some of whom may have a history of psychopathology or may develop symptoms in the future.…”

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Disentangling beliefs about emotions from emotion schemas

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Objective The current study sought to empirically evaluate a new clinical tool, the Individual Beliefs about Emotion (IBAE) which assesses nine beliefs about emotion. The goal was to examine the overlap of the IBAE with the Leahy Emotional Schema Scale (LESS), indices of psychopathology, and emotion dysregulation. Method Participants (n = 513) completed the IBAE, the LESS, and measures of affective distress, borderline personality features, and emotion dysregulation. Results Results indicated that both emotion beliefs (IBAE) and schemas (LESS) were influenced by age and gender. Both measures significantly predicted variance in affective distress, borderline symptoms, and emotion dysregulation, although the LESS was a stronger predictor. Conclusion We conclude that the LESS total score is a particularly useful measure of maladaptive schematic attitudes toward emotion, with additional evidence that the IBAE is a clinical tool that can be useful in psychotherapy to quickly assess a variety of emotion beliefs.

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