INTERPERSONAL SCHEMATA IN CHILD-PSYCHOTHERAPY - A COGNITIVE-INTERPERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

Presents a cognitive-interpersonal framework for child psychotherapy d erived from attachment theory. Interpersonal schema, conceptualized as expectations regarding others' probable responses to the self, are po sited as a key mediating mechanism linking past interpersonal experien ce with current social-emotional functioning, and as an important targ et for intervention. Three schema-based models of pathogenic process a re examined: preemptive information-processing, schema-triggered affec t, and schema-primed interpersonal and emotion-regulation strategies. Implications for assessment of and intervention with interpersonal sch ema are considered, Preventive, compensatory, and remedial interventio n strategies are proposed.