Life satisfaction prediction based on early maladaptive schemas and lifestyle in nurses

Abstract

Background: Numerous studies have predicted life satisfaction, but life satisfaction prediction based on early maladaptive schemas and lifestyles has been neglected. Aims: The purpose of this study was to predict life satisfaction based on early maladaptive schemas and lifestyle in nurses. Method: The study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of this study was all nurses of Imam Khomeini and Mostafavi hospitals in Tehran in 1997-98. 150 individuals were selected by convenience sampling method. The tools of the study are: The Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-Les-QSF) of Indic et al. (1), the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-SF) and the Milwaukee Lifestyle Questionnaire (2001). The Pearson correlation coefficient was performed step by step. Results: There was a significant positive relationship between life satisfaction and lifestyle (p<0/001) and there was a significant relationship between life satisfaction and early maladaptive schemas (p<0/001). Conclusions: Early maladaptive schemas and lifestyle predicted life satisfaction

Keywords

• satisfaction with life
• early maladaptive schemas
• lifestyle saints
• nurses