TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - 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
JO  - Perspectives in psychiatric care
A1  - Obeid, Sahar
A1  - Sacre, Hala
A1  - Haddad, Chadia
A1  - Akel, Marwan
A1  - Fares, Kassandra
A1  - Zakhour, Maha
A1  - Kheir, Nelly
A1  - Salameh, Pascale
A1  - Hallit, Souheil
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-5990
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12438
ID  - ref1
ER  -