Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Kavaklıdere Psychological Counseling Center, Ankara, Turkey.
Clin Psychol Psychother. 2021 Sep;28(5):1043-1054. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2579. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
Although existing research recognized the associations between early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) of parents and their adult children, the mechanisms that underpin these associations were not fully understood. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to explore the role of defence styles (DSs) on the associations between two EMS domains (Disconnection/Rejection and Impaired Autonomy) of parents and their adult children. Two hundred and fifteen families (i.e., mother, father, and their adult children) participated in the study. Both parents and their adult children were asked to complete Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF) and Defence Style Questionnaire (DSQ) to assess their EMS domains and DSs. According to the results of the current study, there were significant associations between Disconnection/Rejection and Impaired Autonomy EMS domains of parents and their adult children, and these associations were mediated by only immature DS of parents and their adult children in a serial mediation model. These results contributed to our understanding of the associations between EMS domains of parents and their adult children through immature DSs. Moreover, our findings highlighted the importance of synthesizing the concepts of different theories to enhance our understanding of mental representations in families.
尽管现有研究已经认识到父母的早期适应不良模式（EMS）与其成年子女之间的关联，但这些关联的潜在机制仍未被完全理解。因此，本研究的目的是探讨防御风格（DS）在父母的两个 EMS 领域（脱节/拒绝和自主受损）与其成年子女之间的关联中的作用。共有 215 个家庭（即母亲、父亲和他们的成年子女）参与了研究。父母和他们的成年子女都被要求完成《青年模式问卷-短表》（YSQ-SF）和《防御风格问卷》（DSQ），以评估他们的 EMS 领域和 DS。根据本研究的结果，父母的脱节/拒绝和自主受损 EMS 领域与其成年子女之间存在显著关联，而在一个序列中介模型中，这些关联仅由父母和他们的成年子女的不成熟 DS 中介。这些结果有助于我们通过不成熟的 DS 理解父母和他们的成年子女的 EMS 领域之间的关联。此外，我们的发现强调了综合不同理论概念的重要性，以增强我们对家庭中心理表征的理解。
