Global Journal of Human-Social Science, A: Arts and Humanities, Volume 23 Issue 1

Personality is defined as all of the movement functions that keep the person separate from other people and include continuity (Kolcu, 2018, p.119). In this study, the Five Factor Personality Theory was used. The Five Factor Theory of Personality includes the hypothesis that the existing personal changes of individuals will be categorized in all languages in the world, spoken language will be transferred, and there may be a division that will form the individual structure based on these (Tatlılıoğlu, 2014, p.943). Factors created by Costa and McCrae, which are also included in the Five Factor Theory of Personality, appear as extraversion/introversion, agreeableness/antagonism, responsibility, emotional instability (neuroticism), openness to experience/closeness to experience (Yurdakul, 2019)., p.10). II. M ethod a) Model of the Research Relational screening model was used in this study. The relational screening model is explained as a model that aims to learn the variation of more than one variable within itself and its amount (Karasar, 2012, p.81). In correlation studies, it is stated that the direction and level between the situations that are the subject of the research are important (Doğanay et al., 2012, p.92). In the study, the relationship of early maladaptive schemas with obsessive beliefs and personality style variables was examined. In addition, the age and gender of the participants in the study were also taken into consideration. b) Sample The sample of the study consists of 326 people between the ages of 18 and 45 living in Turkey, selected by simple random method. 72,1% of the participants were female and 27,9% were male. c) Data Collection Tools In the study, together with the informed consent form to the participants representing the sample; Socio-demographic Information Form, Young Schema Scale Short Form-3 (YŞS-SF3), Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and International Personality Inventory Short Form were applied. i. Socio-demographic Information Form The socio-demographic information form used in the research contains information that is important to learn from the participants after the relevant studies are examined. In the form, participants are asked to indicate information such as gender and age. ii. Young Schema Scale Short Form-3 (YSS-SS3) In the study, version 3 of the short form of the Young Schema Scale was used to identify early maladaptive schemas in adults. There are 90 questions in this scale. The original version of this scale, which was developed by Jeffrey Young (1990, 2003), was adapted to Turkish, and its reliability and validity studies were carried out by Soygüt, Karaosmanoğlu, and Çakır (2009). In the researches carried out to compare the short and long versions; It is stated that both of them have close internal consistency, discriminant validity, parallel form reliability, and provide findings that they can be applied both for research and clinical practice (Stopa, Thorne, Waters, & Preston, 2004 cited by Güler- Gümüş, 2018, p.384). The scale is grouped with 5 schema areas and consists of a total of 18 sub-dimensions belonging to these areas. The scores obtained from this scale, which uses a 6-point Likert-type scoring (1 = completely wrong for me and 6 = describes me perfectly), vary between 5 and 30 for each scheme. iii. Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire In the study, the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire Short Form was used to determine obsessive beliefs in adults. The original version was first created by the Obsessive-Compulsive Cognitive Study Group (1997) as 87 items, then it was reduced to 44 items. The scale's adaptation to Turkish, reliability and validity studies were carried out by Yorulmaz, Güngör and Gökdağ. In the scale, participants are expected to answer the questions according to a 7-point Likert-type rating (10 =I strongly disagree and 7= I completely agree). It is stated that the reliability and validity of this scale, which has 3 sub-dimensions as responsibility- threat perception, importance-control of thoughts, and perfectionism-certainty, have been supported in many studies (Yorulmaz et al., 2019, p.192). In a study, it was reported that the internal consistency of the Obsessive Beliefs Scale was 0.95 and the 30-day test-retest correlation was r=0.79 (Boysan et al., 2010). iv. International Personality Inventory Short Form Based on the "Five factor personality theory" developed by Costa and McCrae, the Turkish adaptation of the short version of the International personality inventory developed by Goldberg in 1999 was carried out by Yöyen in 2016 and brought to our country. As a result of the validity and reliability studies, the cronbach's alpha for the internal consistency coefficients of the subscales of the scale ranged from 0.64 to 0.75, while this ratio was 0.82 for the whole scale; the scale's content validity ratio (CVR) The factor loadings of the confirmatory factor analyzes of the scale were between 0.448 and 0.656 for the extraversion sub- © 2023 Global Journals Volume XXIII Issue I Version I 42 Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 ( ) A Investigation of the Relationship between Early Maladaptive Schemas, Obsessive Beliefs and Personality Traits uncertain situations and having difficulty in fighting this situation (Kır, 2020, p.27). Giving consideration to thoughts; they are beliefs that have an idea and explain the seriousness of that idea (Yeşilnacar, 2020, p.9). Consideration of control of thought is defined as intrusive ideas are followed very seriously, they are destroyed and individuals feel responsible for them, and placing a high value on controlling these ideas. (Alsancak, 2016, p.9).