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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Criterion validity: correlations between the factors proposed by the SIC and their DISC counterparts (N = 206)

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

SIC factors

DISC sum score correlation

r (206)

p

Insufficient self-control (IS)

.29

***

Mistrust/abuse (MA)

.59

***

Defectiveness/shame (DS)

.46

***

Failure (FA)

.69

***

Enmeshment (EM)

.29

***

Entitlement/grandiosity (ET)

.22

***

Self-sacrifice (SS)

.28

***

Unrelenting standards (US)

.35

***

Loneliness (comprised ED, SI)

.52

***

Vulnerability (comprised AB, VU)

.57

***

Submission (comprised SB, EI, DI)

.52

***

  1. Note: *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001
  2. The SIC measures eight of the factors proposed by Young plus three factors, build on two to three of the original schemas