Year: 2025 | Month: December | Volume: 15 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 225-231
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20251228
Role of Early Maladaptive Schema on Mental Health of Persons with Eczema
Dr. Anupriya Singh1, Prof. Satya Gopal Jee2
1Assistant Professor, 2Professor, Department of Psychology, DAV PG College (BHU), Varanasi
Corresponding Author: Dr. Anupriya Singh
ABSTRACT
Background: Skin conditions are taking on greater significance. When an individual has an inflammatory eczema reaction, the skin and brain communicate with each other through a variety of sensations that might ultimately result in mental health problems. The present study attempted to examine the role of early maladaptive schemas in predicting mental health, in persons with eczema.
Method: In the present study 108 eczema patients were included, using the purposive sample method. To measure the relationship between variables the correlation coefficient was used. Multiple regression analysis was conducted in which early maladaptive schemas was treated as predictor and mental health as the criterion variable.
Result: result of the present study revealed that early maladaptive schemas are significantly positively associated with mental health in persons with eczema. Positive correlation denotes poor mental health as high score on GHQ-28 indicates poor mental health and high score on YSQ-S3 indicates higher maladaptive schemas. The observed positive association suggests that increase in early maladaptive schemas is associated with poor mental health. The findings of the study revealed the relative significance of various maladaptive schemas in predicting mental health.
Conclusion: The findings of the present study revealed the impact of maladaptive schemas on mental health in eczema patients. Maladaptive schemas become defining traits of how people think about themselves and significant others over time. Maladaptive schema and the maladaptive coping mechanisms that patients learn to adopt to deal with them commonly contribute to symptoms including anxiety, depression, drug abuse, and psychosomatic illnesses.
Key words: Eczema, Mental Health, Early Maladaptive Schemas.