HISTORIA DEL MALTRATO FÍSICO EN LA INFANCIA Y ESQUEMAS MALADAPTATIVOS TEMPRANOS EN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to describe the relationship between the history of physical mistreatment in childhood and the early maladaptive schemata in university students. It is a correlational descriptive study where the International Instrument for Screening Child Abuse in Young Adult Men aged 18-24 (IITAI) and the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-L2) were administered to 359 university students in Bogota, D.C., chosen from a random stratified sampling. Results indicate significant differences between men and women with regard to the physical mistreatment in childhood and in eight early maladaptive schemes (where the scores found for women were always higher). Similarly, a significant relation between the history of physical mistreatment and the schemes of abandonment and rights /grandiosity was identified.

Keywords

• Physical mistreatment
• cognitive schemata