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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 22.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Psychother. 2012 May 22;21(1):21–28. doi: 10.1002/cpp.1803

Table 1.

Mean differences between substance users and non-clinical comparison on early maladaptive schemas

Substance users (n = 180) Non-clinical comparison (n = 284)

Schema M (SD) M (SD) F p d
Emotional deprivation 10.02 (12.47) 5.10 (9.45) 7.22 <0.01 0.44
Abandonment 35.81 (28.71) 12.74 (19.30) 60.15 <0.001 0.94
Mistrust/abuse 34.77 (26.92) 15.14 (20.94) 49.01 <0.001 0.81
Social isolation 12.80 (15.97) 6.33 (12.09) 9.21 <0.01 0.45
Defectiveness 19.41 (23.50) 5.82 (12.45) 27.20 <0.001 0.72
Failure 13.87 (16.75) 5.61 (12.09) 14.01 <0.001 0.56
Dependence 22.66 (24.03) 6.03 (11.85) 45.88 <0.001 0.87
Vulnerability 14.66 (16.70) 7.02 (11.96) 13.53 <0.001 0.52
Enmeshment 15.96 (17.05) 3.79 (8.02) 74.86 <0.001 0.91
Entitlement 18.06 (16.17) 10.35 (12.65) 22.85 <0.001 0.53
Insufficient self-control 40.05 (23.44) 10.07 (15.13) 178.25 <0.001 1.51
Subjugation 15.17 (16.77) 6.22 (10.63) 29.04 <0.001 0.63
Self-sacrifice 41.28 (26.06) 35.61 (24.21) 0.78 >0.05 0.22
Emotion inhibition 13.15 (13.51) 7.55 (11.48) 14.15 <0.001 0.44
Unrelenting standards 26.25 (22.86) 29.49 (23.13) 2.45 >0.05 0.14
Approval seeking 24.49 (21.87) 15.56 (18.54) 9.79 <0.01 0.44
Negativity/pessimism 22.11 (18.51) 11.81 (15.83) 15.29 <0.001 0.59
Punitiveness 27.78 (19.27) 17.12 (18.08) 18.23 <0.001 0.57