Early Maladaptive Schemas as Core Therapeutic Targets in Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Schema Therapy-Informed Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) are stable cognitive-emotional patterns central to the psychopathology of eating disorders (EDs) and obesity. This study used a schema therapy-informed network analysis to explore the structure and significance of EMSs in people with anorexia nervosa (AN, n = 129), bulimia nervosa (BN, n = 124), binge-eating disorder (BED, n = 166), and obesity (n = 152). Networks were modelled using the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-S3), with expected influence as the main centrality, in a final sample of 571 patients. In AN, the most central schemas were Defectiveness/Shame, Negativity/Pessimism, and Subjugation, reflecting self-criticism, hopelessness, and submission. BN showed a similar pattern with high centrality for Subjugation, Defectiveness/Shame, and Negativity/

SUBMITTER: Aloi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12451857 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature