Affective temperaments, self-schemas, and their interplay with emotional distress
This study provides the first empirical evidence that self-schemas act as mediating mechanisms linking affective temperaments to affective symptoms. Our findings thereby support a biopsychosocial model of emotional distress, founded on the interaction between genetically-influenced temperaments and socially-constructed self-schemas. Consequently, therapeutic interventions designed to modify self-schemas may represent an effective strategy for mitigating the pathway from temperamental vulnerability to emotional distress.
Authors
- Neus Barrantes‐Vidal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8671-1238)
- Karen Fagián-Núñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5591-5277)
- Thomas R. Kwapil
Institutions
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Departament de Salut (ES)
- Medical Research Network (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1732425
- Primary Topic
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación