Resumen

AGUDELO-VELEZ, DIANA MARÍA; CASADIEGOS-GARZON, CLAUDIA PATRICIA  y  SANCHEZ-ORTIZ, DIANA LUCÍA. Relation Between Early Maladaptive Schemes and Anxiety and Depression Features in University Students. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.1, pp.87-104. ISSN 1657-9267.

Anxiety and depression are important health problems, because of the high prevalence rates in normal population and in clinical population. This non-experimental study intends to identify the cognitive profile, through the early maladaptive schemes in students from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Bucaramanga, related with depression and anxiety scores. The goal is to contribute to the identification of cognitive characteristics that could help in the prevention of these disorders. 259 psychology students of the first seven semesters were evaluated by means from the following questionnaires: BDI, ST/DEP STAI and YSQ-L₂. The results don't show the presence of specific schemes as a function of the presence of State/ Trait depression or State/Trait anxiety, which might suggest, through the dimensional paradigm, the presence of a cognitive pattern for an anxiety and depression mix disorder. It is suggested that further research should be carried out with other samples, including clinical population.

Palabras clave : Depression; Anxiety; Schemes; Cognitive Profile; Person Schemas; College Students; Performance Anxiety.

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