Comparing the early maladaptive schemas of dishonored check prisoners and normal people

Objective: The present research aimed at comparing the early maladaptive schemas of dishonored check prisoners and normal people. Materials and Methods: In this research Cross-Sectional Causal-Comparative method is used. Population of the study was ordinary people and all the financial offenders found guilty by the courts of Maku and Khoy. Sample population is selected using convenience sampling 60 ordinary people and 60 people of the mentioned group. Then both groups answered inventory revised short form Young Schema questionnaire (SQ-SF) and the data analyzed using Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results: The results showed that the mean scores of emotional deprivation schema, failure,l emotional inhibition, hyper criticalness of dishonored check prisoners and ordinary people are different (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results of this research, recommended to experts and Therapists that to identifying and modifying schemas and incompatible understandings in the dishonored check prisoners by the use of treatments including Schema therapy should be apply in programs their work.