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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Disord Their Treat. 2011 Dec 1;10(4):169–179. doi: 10.1097/ADT.0b013e318214cd11

Table 2.

Mean differences between patients and intimate partners on early maladaptive schemas.

Schema Patient M (SD) Partner M (SD) d
Emotional Deprivation 9.6 (15.2) 6.2 (11.0) .22
Abandonment 13.9 (20.7) 10.6 (15.4) .18
Mistrust/Abuse 13.8 (21.0) 19.2 (25.7) .23
Social Isolation 6.5 (11.8) 3.4 (6.2) .32
Defectiveness 10.5 (18.0)* 1.7 (3.8) .67
Failure 6.2 (13.8)* 1.7 (5.8) .42
Dependence 9.9 (18.0)* 3.2 (7.5) .48
Vulnerability 9.7 (15.8)* 2.8 (6.6) .56
Enmeshment 7.9 (13.8) 6.1 (10.7) .14
Subjugation 8.2 (14.7) 9.2 (14.1) .06
Self-Sacrifice 27.5 (26.1) 46.8 (25.5)** .74
Emotion Inhibition 10.1 (11.0) 7.1 (9.1) .29
Unrelenting Standards 26.4 (19.6) 31.8 (22.3) .25
Entitlement 10.2 (14.1) 4.8 (7.8) .47
Insufficient Self-Control 27.0 (25.9)** 5.3 (8.0) 1.13
Approval-Seeking 16.4 (20.1) 9.3 (16.2) .38
Negativity/Pessimism 12.8 (18.1) 8.3 (14.7) .27
Punitiveness 21.7 (20.7) 17.3 (18.5) .22
*

p < .05,

**

p < .001