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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2011 Oct 19;42(3):271–278. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.08.004

Table 2.

Mean Differences between Men and Women on Early Maladaptive Schemas

Schema Men (n = 111) Women (n = 58)
M (SD) M (SD) d
Emotional Deprivation 6.0 (11.2) 7.4 (10.3) .13
Abandonment 16.8 (22.5) 32.9 (26.6)*** .65
Mistrust/Abuse 17.9 (21.4) 30.5 (26.7)** .52
Social Isolation 6.7 (12.8) 11.1 (14.7)* .31
Defectiveness 9.8 (14.9) 19.5 (23.2)** .49
Failure 5.2 (9.4) 12.9 (15.8)*** .59
Dependence 10.8 (16.1) 22.8 (21.9)*** .62
Vulnerability 8.4 (11.9) 13.7 (14.5)* .39
Enmeshment 10.7 (12.9) 14.2 (15.4) .24
Entitlement 12.2 (12.9) 17.5 (15.2)* .37
Insufficient Self-Control 23.5 (19.9) 37.0 (21.6)*** .65
Subjugation 8.7 (12.9) 12.3 (15.5) .25
Self-Sacrifice 28.9 (25.0) 37.5 (25.5)* .34
Emotion Inhibition 10.7 (13.4) 11.8 (13.2) .08
Unrelenting Standards 25.8 (21.3) 21.7 (20.4) .19
Approval-Seeking 16.5 (18.5) 21.0 (19.4) .23
Negativity/Pessimism 14.6 (16.1) 20.7 (18.5)* .35
Punitiveness 22.4 (18.3) 28.1 (18.2) .31
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001