THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ENNEAGRAM PERSONALITY TYPES AND THE EARLY MALADAPTIVE SCHEMAS TO DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER

Abstract

Schemas that arise in early childhood are regarded as the core of various personality disorders and they have major roles in the development and growth of personality disorders. Personality and the ways of forming a person’s psychological and behavioral characteristics have attracted the attention of many scientists since the sistant past. Despite its focus on personality pathology and normal personality in this regard, enneagram personality typology has been disregarded by many scholars because it is a new approach. This research aims to investigate the relationship of types of personality enneagram and early maladaptive schemas with dependent personality disorder persons. This is a descriptive-correlational study and it is basic in terms of objectives. Research statistical population includes male and female clients aging 25 to 40 years old at psychology centers in Tehran. According to the reports published by relevant centers, the number of clients is 5000. Research sample size has been determined 120 through application of Cochran formula. Available sampling method has been used in this research. For analysis, Pearson correlation and multiple correlation tests have been used. Research tools are Short form of Early Maladaptive Schema Questionnaire by Yang (1994), Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III) (1994), and Riso–Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (2003). Research findings show that there is a relationship between enneagram personality types and personality disorders of dependent persons. Moreover, there is a significant relationship between early maladaptive schema and dependent personality disorder.