The Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Predicting Resilience

Resilient individuals and groups are equipped with a set of common features that prepare them to overcome the highs and lows of life. The present study was conducted to determine the role of early maladaptive schemas and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in predicting resilience. 

This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of this study included all master's degree students in family counseling at the faculty of psychology and educational sciences of the Islamic Azad University of Tehran's south branch. Two-hundred students were selected through a convenience sampling method. The tools of this research include Young schema questionnaire-short form1996, cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire: Garnovski, Kriaj, and Spinhoven2001; Connor-Davidson’s resilience scale2003. Inferential statistics correlation coefficient and regression were used to analyze the data. 

The findings showed that early maladaptive schemas and the cognitive emotion regulation strategies could predict the resilience and quality of life. The results showed thirty-six percent of the resilience changes are related to early maladaptive schemas and the cognitive emotion regulation strategies.

Considering the predictability of the resilience through early maladaptive schemas and the cognitive emotion regulation strategies, the implementation of workshops with the theoretical basis of early maladaptive schemas and cognitive-emotion regulation strategies seems necessary among counseling students. Also, providing psychological services and counseling available to the general public is another necessity in promoting people's health.