The Relationship between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Death Anxiety and Referential Thinking

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and death anxiety and referential thinking. Research population consisted of MA female students of Azad University, South Tehran branch of whom 360 subjects were selected through cluster sampling method and 328 of them were analyzed. To collect the data, Young Schema Questionnaire Short Form (2005), Templer Death Anxiety Scale (1870), and Referential Thinking Questionnaire (2010) were used. Data were analyzed through simultaneous multiple regression analysis and the results showed that impaired autonomy and performance predicts referential thinking and negative thinking from the components of referential thinking and disconnection/rejection predicts death anxiety and also referential thinking can predict death anxiety.