Associations between Grawe's general mechanisms of change and Young's early maladaptive schemas in psychotherapy research: a comparative study of change processes.
OBJECTIVE
The study aimed at analyzing associations between Grawe's general mechanisms of change and Young's early maladaptive schemas (EMS).


METHOD
Therefore, 98 patients completed the Scale for the Multiperspective Assessment of General Change Mechanisms in Psychotherapy (SACiP), the Young Shema Questionnaire-Short Form Revised (YSQ S3R), and diverse outcome measures at the beginning and end of treatment.


RESULTS
Our results are important for clinical applications, as we demonstrated strong predictive effects of change mechanisms on schema domains using regression analyses and cross-lagged panel models.


CONCLUSIONS
Resource activation experiences seem to be especially crucial in fostering alterations in EMS, as this change mechanism demonstrated significant associations with several schema domains. Future research should investigate these aspects in more detail using observer-based micro-process analyses.
['Mander|Johannes V|JV|', 'Jacob|Gitta A|GA|', 'Götz|Lea|L|', 'Sammet|Isa|I|', 'Zipfel|Stephan|S|', 'Teufel|Martin|M|']
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological D000328:Adult D006801:Humans D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care D011613:Psychotherapy
psychotherapy research change processes change mechanisms integrative psychotherapy schema therapy