@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with fear of intimacy among a representative sample of the Lebanese population: the role of depression, social phobia, self-esteem, intimate partner violence, attachment, and maladaptive schemas",
journal="Perspectives in psychiatric care",
year="2019",
author="Obeid, Sahar and Sacre, Hala and Haddad, Chadia and Akel, Marwan and Fares, Kassandra and Zakhour, Maha and Kheir, Nelly and Salameh, Pascale and Hallit, Souheil",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: To assess fear of intimacy (FOI) in the Lebanese population, and its correlates such as depression, social phobia, self-esteem, attachment, and maladaptive schemas. DESIGN/METHODS: This cross-sectional study, conducted between November 2017 and May 2018, enrolled 707 community-dwelling participants. <br><br>RESULTS: Higher FOI scores were associated with an increase in the defectiveness schema (β = 0.483), social phobia score (β = 0.16), mistrust schema (β = 0.519), vulnerability schema (β = 0.482), emotional deprivation schema (β = 0.548), attachment style D (dismissing) (β = 0.913) and failure schema, whereas lower FOI was significantly associated with an increase in the entitlement schema (β = -0.362), insufficient schema (β = -0.377), and the self-esteem score (β = -0.288). PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Implementing educational programs are needed to enable persons to develop healthy intimate relationships, taking into account attachment styles and inappropriate early schemas.<br><br>© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-5990",
doi="10.1111/ppc.12438",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12438"
}