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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 4 Intercorrelations between the DISC’s overall sum score and the sum scores on schema level (N = 569). According significance levels (p values) are indicated in the lower triangular part of the matrix

From: The Dusseldorf Illustrated Schema Questionnaire for Children (DISC)

 

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3

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5

6

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9

10

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18

0. DISC sum score

 

.44

.40

.62

.60

.43

.54

.56

.55

.46

.41

.51

.39

.59

.44

.72

.53

.56

.49

1. Insufficient self-control (IS)

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.15

.22

.19

.14

.30

.22

.18

.11

.14

.17

.16

.15

.17

.26

.20

.19

.10

2. Subjugation (SB)

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.18

.21

.12

.13

.22

.13

.19

.13

.14

.11

.31

.04

.26

.13

.19

.07

3. Mistrust/abuse (MA)

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.38

.26

.27

.32

.33

.20

.26

.27

.25

.42

.22

.45

.27

.26

.24

4. Defectiveness/shame (DS)

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.25

.27

.38

.24

.22

.19

.35

.30

.30

.23

.43

.28

.22

.16

5. Social isolation/alienation (SI)

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***

**

***

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.13

.16

.22

.07

.24

.21

.21

.23

.02

.29

.30

.16

.10

6. Dependence/incompetence (DI)

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***

***

***

***

**

 

.30

.32

.27

.14

.19

.10

.19

.23

.32

.18

.31

.27

7. Failure (FA)

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***

***

***

***

***

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.27

.17

.08

.25

.18

.25

.17

.44

.26

.28

.18

8. Vulnerability (VU)

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

 

.28

.08

.20

.13

.27

.12

.45

.22

.26

.25

9. Enmeshment (EM)

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***

***

***

.11

***

***

***

 

.21

.08

.01

.32

.16

.27

.12

.27

.20

10. Entitlement/grandiosity (ET)

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***

**

***

***

***

***

.08

.06

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.19

.19

.26

.20

.28

.16

.15

.19

11. Emotional deprivation (ED)

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

.05

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.35

.25

.19

.31

.17

.20

.22

12. Abandonment/instability (AB)

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**

***

***

***

*

***

**

.87

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.11

.03

.26

.20

.10

.02

13. Self-sacrifice (SS)

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

**

 

.21

.41

.25

.32

.25

14. Approval-seeking (AS)

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***

.38

***

***

.61

***

***

**

***

***

***

.45

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.25

.19

.27

.35

15. Negativity/pessimism (NP)

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

 

.41

.36

.27

16. Emotional inhibition (EI)

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***

**

***

***

***

***

***

***

**

***

***

***

***

***

***

 

.26

.22

17. Punitiveness (PU)

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

*

***

***

***

***

 

.29

18. Unrelenting standards (US)

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.12

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***

*

***

***

***

***

***

***

.71

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  1. Note: *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001