Impact of Maladaptive Cognitive Schemas on Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Predictive Study

Abstract

This study examines how certain maladaptive cognitive schemas—such as feelings of defectiveness, failure, dependence, vulnerability to harm or illness, social isolation, incompetence, and enmeshment/undeveloped self—can predict suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, conducted from 2020 to 2022, included 58 adolescents (61% male, 39% female), all of whom had at least 9 years of schooling. The Young Cognitive Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-S3) and the