Psychology: Research and Review
Table 1 Early maladaptive schemas and their correspondence to schema domains and unmet needs
From: The Dusseldorf Illustrated Schema Questionnaire for Children (DISC)
Schemas | Domains | Unmet needs | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abandonment/instability (AB) | Disconnection and rejection | Attachment |
2 | Mistrust/abuse (MA) | ||
3 | Emotional deprivation (ED) | ||
4 | Defectiveness/shame (DS) | ||
5 | Social isolation/alienation (SI) | ||
6 | Dependence/incompetence (DI) | Impaired autonomy and performance | Autonomy/self-efficacy |
7 | Vulnerability (VU) | ||
8 | Enmeshment/undeveloped self (EU) | ||
9 | Failure (FA) | ||
10 | Entitlement/grandiosity (ET) | Impaired limits | Identity/structure/limits |
11 | Insufficient self-control/self-discipline (IS) | ||
12 | Subjugation (SU) | Other-directedness | Self-esteem acceptance Autonomy/self-determination |
13 | Self-sacrifice (SS) | ||
14 | Approval-seeking/recognition-seeking (AS) | ||
15 | Negativity/pessimism (NP) | Over-vigilance and inhibition | Pleasure, spontaneity and play/fun |
16 | Emotional inhibition (EI) | ||
17 | Unrelenting standards (US) | ||
18 | Punitiveness (PU) | ||