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Young's Schema Questionnaire was developed toassist clinicians in the assessment of the cognitions,affects, and behaviours that underlie psychopathology.This study examined the properties of the Schema Questionnaire in an Australian clinicalpopulation (N = 433). In accordance with an earlierstudy, 16 factors, including 15 of the original scalesproposed by Young, emerged as primary components. Ahigher-order factor analysis was also found to closelyresemble the classification system proposed by Young.This solution is shown to fit well with existing modelsof psychopathology.
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Lee, C.W., Taylor, G. & Dunn, J. Factor Structure of the Schema Questionnaire in a Large Clinical Sample. Cognitive Therapy and Research 23, 441–451 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018712202933
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