ABSTRACT
Aim is to diagnose the prevalence of anxiety disorders using early maladaptive
schemas and Beck’s anxiety inventory among students. The
present study is a cross-sectional study conducted among 212 students, aged 17
to 25 years, randomly selected from different institutions of the IBN TOFAIL
University, located in the city of Kenitra (NW of Morocco). Two neurocognitive
tests were used: The Beck Anxiety Inventory to evaluate anxiety & the short
version of the early maladaptive schema questionnaire of Schmidt, Joiner, Young
and Telch (1995) which was translated in French by Rusinek & Hautekéete (2000)
to evaluate schemas. The obtained results of measure of anxiety show that the inadequate
early maladaptive schemas positively correlated with the Beck Anxiety
Inventory: Emotional deprivation (r = 0.1635, p < 0.05) Isolation (r = 0.2305, p = 0.001) and Insufficient self-control (r = 0.1819, p < 0.01), Abandon (r = 0.2514, p = 0.001) Vulnerability (r = 0.1505, p < 0.05), Fear of losing control (r
= 0.1510, p < 0.05). A band
appears between early maladaptive schemas and Beck anxiety inventory revealing
the existence of anxiety in university students, which has appeared in some
maladaptive schemas, especially: Emotional deprivation, Isolation, Insufficient
self-control, Abandon, Vulnerability, Fear of losing control. Deeper
investigations needed to understand this relationship and to study other possible
factors that could affect this important neurocognitive function.
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Mammad, K. , Ahami, A. , Azzaoui, F. , Boulbaroud, S. , Idrissi, W. , Karjouh, K. and Fofana, L. (2017) Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders in University Students through the Early Maladaptive Schemas and Beck’s Inventory.
Psychology,
8, 2114-2125. doi:
10.4236/psych.2017.813134.