Table 2.

Mean and SD of YSQ and cutoff scores

Scales	Males		Females		Cutoff scores
	M	SD	M	SD
Rejection	2.176	0.6485	2.296	0.7018	3
Impaired autonomy	4.259	0.6220	2.205	0.7307	3
Other-directedness	2.532	0.6214	2.792	0.7913	3
Overvigilance	2.781	0.8210	2.876	0.7759	3
Impaired limit	2.641	0.8334	2.707	0.8044	3

Notes: The research involved 209 adults (118 males and 91 females) living in Sicily (Italy), aged between 20 and 60 years (M = 37.52; SD = 11.42). The assignment to “high” or “low” categories of domains is based on the cutoff score of 3 or more (both the score of each schema and the score of each domain).

Abbreviations: YSQ, Young Schema Questionnaire; SD, standard deviation; M, mean.