Avalia？？o dos esquemas iniciais desadaptativos: estudo psicométrico em alcoolistas

objective: this study aims at presenting the psychometric properties of the young schema questionnaire - short form (ysq-s2). method: we conducted a quantitative study, cross-sectional comparing a clinical with a non-clinical group and cronbach's alpha, t test student and discriminant analysis were used to analyze the results. the sample consisted of 107 subjects, 51 alcoholics and 56 non-alcoholics. results: statistically significant differences were found in the five areas and the 15 schemes assessed by the ysq-s2 questionnaire when comparing the clinical and non-clinical groups. conclusion: ysq-s2 was found to be an instrument that can detect differences between clinical and non-clinical populations, its use being essential for a deeper assessment of the patient's personality.