An Exploration of Schemas, Stress, Mood, and Conflict in Women’s Close Relationships: Can the way we think prime emotions, promote stress, and provoke conflict?

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dc.contributorHollis, Karen
dc.contributorTropp, Linda
dc.contributor.advisorDouglas, Amber
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-01T13:06:23Z
dc.date.available2013-07-01T13:06:23Z
dc.date.gradyear2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-07-01
dc.description.abstractEarly maladaptive schemas (EMS) are negative cognitions about the self that develop in accordance to one’s relationships with others and the world. EMS develop early in life in response to four childhood experiences (unmet needs, trauma, parental overindulgence, and internalization/identification) and contribute to psychological distress (e.g. depression and anxiety) and can affect one’s interpersonal relationships. Daily hassles are the seemingly routine life events that can lead to stress, such as tension in interpersonal relationships, workplace stress, or financial difficulties. Various relationships between past experiences of trauma, associated post-trauma symptoms, and early maladaptive schemas were hypothesized to significantly predict negative appraisal of daily hassles, an increase in negative affect, and an increase in destructive conflict strategies. One hundred eighty two female students were recruited to complete assessments measuring cognitive schemas, trauma history, daily hassles, depression, positive and negative mood states, and interpersonal conflict strategies. Regression analysis and tests for mediation and moderation were conducted to examine the various relationships between predictor and outcome variables. The support of these hypotheses provides greater understanding of the interaction between past and present experiences of stress and cognitive schemas as well as their impact on mood and interpersonal functioning.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPsychology & Educationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/3277
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.restrictedpublicen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectCognitiveen_US
dc.subjectSchemaen_US
dc.subjectNegative Affecten_US
dc.subjectInterpersonal Conflicten_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectDaily Hasslesen_US
dc.titleAn Exploration of Schemas, Stress, Mood, and Conflict in Women’s Close Relationships: Can the way we think prime emotions, promote stress, and provoke conflict?en_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeMaster'sen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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