AUTHOR=Chi Danni , Zhong Haiyun , Wang Yubo , Ma Hong , Zhang Yuanyuan , Du Xiangju 

TITLE=Relationships between positive schemas and life satisfaction in psychiatric inpatients

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1061516

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1061516

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Objectives: Unlike the extensively examined early maladaptive schemas, positive schemas have rarely been examined in clinical populations. This study aimed to investigate the relationships between anxiety, depression, life satisfaction, resilience, and positive schema in psychiatric inpatients and explore their associations. 
Methods: A sample of 140 psychiatric inpatients with anxiety and depression, aged between 18 to 72 years (Mage= 35.62, SD = 13.87), participated in this study; majority were women (n = 98, 70.0%). The analyses examined resilience and anxiety/depression as mediators between positive schema and life satisfaction. 
Results: The statistical analyses found that resilience and anxiety/depression were parallel rather than serial mediators between positive schemas and life satisfaction. The results confirmed the positive association between positive schemas and life satisfaction, and identified mechanisms between them: directly associated, associated through resilience, and associated through anxiety/depression. 
Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that higher levels of positive schemas in psychiatric inpatients are associated with greater life satisfaction directly and through the mediation of reduced psychopathological emotions and increased resilience. Longitudinal studies are needed to explore the associations between positive schema and negative and positive outcomes, and the mechanisms underlying these associations in clinical populations.