TABLE 3.

Pearson correlations between early maladaptive schemas and mental health variables (N = 249)

	COVID‐19 Anxiety	Life Satisfaction	Psychological Well‐being	Psychological Distress
Disconnection and rejection	.10	−.47 **	−.32 **	.44 **
Emotional Deprivation	.00	−.47 **	−.20 **	.36 **
Abandonment/Instability	.16 *	−.25 **	−.33 **	.35 **
Mistrustfulness	.20 **	−.33 **	−.25 **	.30 **
Social Isolation	.01	−.52 **	−.28 **	.38 **
Defectiveness/Shame	.03	−.45 **	−.26 **	.45 **
Impaired autonomy and performance	.15 *	−.44 **	−.32 **	.39 **
Failure	−.01	−43 **	−.27 **	.42 **
Functional Dependence	.01	−37 **	−.22 **	.28 **
Vulnerability to Harm and Illness	.29 **	−.32 **	−.32 **	.33 **
Underdeveloped Self	.17 **	−.23 **	−.16 **	.18 **
Impaired limits	−.03	−.33 **	−.29 **	.27 **
Entitlement	−.02	−.23 **	−.26 **	.16 *
Impaired Self‐control	−.03	−.35 **	−.26 **	.31 **
Others domain	.16 *	−.37 **	−.28 **	.38 **
Subjugation	.13 *	−.43 **	−.20 **	.39 **
Self‐sacrifice	.16 *	−.25 **	−.16 *	.25 **
Recognition‐seeking	.01	−.19 **	−.29 **	.25 **
Overvigilance and inhibition	.20 **	−.29 **	−.33 **	.35 **
Emotional Inhibition	.19 **	−.21 **	−.23 **	.23 **
Unrelenting Standards/Hypercritical	.13 *	−.07 *	−.27 **	.17 **
Pessimism	.21 **	−.34 **	−.29 **	.37 **
Punitiveness	.06	−.22 **	−.19 **	.27 **
YSQ‐S3 total index	.13 *	−.45 **	−.35 **	.43 **

^** p < .01.

^* p < .05.