Comparing pen-and-paper and online methodologies for the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-S3)

Schema Therapy (ST) is an integrative approach developed, primarily, for the treatment of chronic patients, with functional bases that make treatment difficult.The ST has concepts such as early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) and to identify them, the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Version (YSQ-S3) was developed.This study aims to verify the differences between online and pen-and-paper collection methods when giving the YSQ-S3.For this purpose, a comparative analysis was conducted with a sample of 401 individuals, 203 of whom were pen-and-paper and 198 online respondents.In the first, the percentage was 16.3% men and 83.7% women, with a mean age of 30.63 years.In the second, the percentage was 16.2% men and 83.8% women, and their average age was 30.69 years.We concluded that there is a minimal difference between the results collected with pen-and-paper and online, suggesting that both methods are valid options for the YSQ-S3 testing.