The Relationships of Early Maladaptive Schemas to Marital Satisfaction and Quality of Life in Women with Substance-Dependent Spouses

This study aimed to investigate the relationships of early maladaptive schemas to marital satisfaction and quality of life in women with substance-dependent spouses.

This study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population consisted of women with substance-dependent spouses referred to public and private drug abuse treatment centers in the city of Tehran. For this purpose, 200 of these individuals were selected by convenience sampling method. To collect data, the Young schema questionnaire-short form, the marital satisfaction questionnaire, and the quality of life questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed using Pearsonchr('39')s correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis.

The results showed that maladaptive schemas of emotional deprivation, abandonment, dependence, and emotional inhibition predicted 40% of the variance of marital satisfaction significantly and negatively. Also, maladaptive schemas of abandonment, dependence, self-sacrifice, entitlement, and insufficient self-control were able to predict 84% of the variance in quality of life significantly and negatively.

The results of this study provide appropriate information about the role of early maladaptive schemas in creating individual and interpersonal problems in women with substance-dependent spouses and can be appropriate in determining treatment programs and interventions