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August 16, 2026Clinical PsychologistOpen Access

Early maladaptive schemas and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a scoping review

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MCMaddie CookAAAndrew Allen

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Overview

Scoping review finds elevated early maladaptive schemas in individuals with ADHD compared to controls, highlighting a potential role for schema therapy.

Key Points

  • Synthesize and evaluate existing empirical research regarding the relationship between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and early maladaptive schemas (EMS).
  • Conducted a systematic search across seven electronic databases and reviewed reference lists of identified articles.
  • Identified and synthesized data from six studies evaluating ADHD symptoms and EMS profiles.
  • Individuals with ADHD demonstrated elevated levels of specific EMS—including social isolation/alienation, defectiveness/shame, failure, and insufficient self-control/self-discipline—compared to healthy controls.
  • Identified literature was limited by reliance on cross-sectional study designs, unstandardized individual schema analyses, and a lack of subpopulation evaluations.

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Cook et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81794cf2fb91fc834ac730https://doi.org/10.1080/13284207.2026.2713449
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