Fatemeh Qannadi; Mohammad Hossein Abdollahi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, , Pages 129-151
Abstract
In many researches, the role of parents’ behavior on the formationof cognitive and emotional problems in children has been emphasized.Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine ...
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In many researches, the role of parents’ behavior on the formationof cognitive and emotional problems in children has been emphasized.Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine the relationshipbetween perceptions of parental behavior and early maladaptiveschemas in children. The method of study was descriptive-analytical.The statistical population consisted of all normal students as well asthose students who referred to the counseling center of Bu Ali SinaUniversity in Hamedan in 2013. In this study, the clinical and nonclinical samples were used. The research sample consisted of 69clinical individuals and 134non-clinical individuals. Conventionalsampling and multistage stratified sampling methods were used toselect the clinical and non-clinical samples, respectively. Theinstruments used for data collection were Young SchemaQuestionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF) and Parker's Parental BondingInstrument (PBI), and the data analyzed using Pearson correlation.The analysis of the results showed a negative correlation betweenearly maladaptive schemas and perceptions of parental caring. Positivecorrelation was also observed between early maladaptive schemas andperceptions of parental overprotection (P<0.05). The results showedthat there were significant differences between perception of parentalbehavior (caring and overprotection) in clinical and non-clinicalsamples (P<0.05). The research findings indicated that parentalbehavior (caring and overprotection) is related with the formation ofearly maladaptive schemas of children. Therefore, the attention ofspecialists can be drawn to the cognitive development of individualsin interaction with primary caregivers, and to the formation ofsubsequent cognitive impairment.
