Jones, Dan (2018) Core Beliefs mediating self-reported childhood trauma and adult romantic relationship attachment experiences. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
There has been little research to date on how maladaptive core beliefs mediate various aspects of attachment, so this study tested whether early maladaptive schemas mediate the relationship between self-reported childhood trauma and attachment difficulties in adult romantic relationships. In a cross-sectional study of 85 undergraduate psychology students, participants were given an online survey that included an adapted version of the Childhood Traumatic Events Scale, the Young Schema Survey – Short Form Version 3, and the Experience in Close Relationships – Revised scales. Direct positive relationships were found between self-reported childhood trauma and attachment difficulties in adult romantic relationships, accounting for 16% of variance, and early maladaptive schemas, accounting for 8% of variance. The present study also had two novel findings. Firstly, there was a direct positive relationship between early maladaptive schemas and attachment difficulties in adult romantic relationships, accounting for 54% of variance. Secondly, maladaptive core beliefs mediated the relationship between self-reported childhood trauma and attachment difficulties in adult romantic relationships, with an unstandardised indirect effect of b = .82. Further research is suggested with larger samples of the general population to replicate the findings of the present study and with more sophisticated methodologies.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Susan Littler; Nancey Hoare |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2025 03:19 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2025 03:19 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | self-reported childhood trauma, adult romantic relationships attachment experiences, early maladaptive schemas, core beliefs, schema, attachment theory. |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52449 |
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