A escolha de parceiro conjugal com base em esquemas complementares

Abstract

This study intends to understand the relationship between the initial maladaptive schemas and the search for conjugal partners. Initial maladaptive schemes are considered to be one of the main constructs present in Schema Therapy, formulated and developed by Jeffrey Young, which is one of the therapies belonging to cognitive-behavioral models, and is known to integrate several theoretical currents. It is known that within it, there are some central concepts, such as the basic emotional needs, the schematic modes and the initial maladaptive schemas already mentioned, the latter being the result of the inadequate attendance of these needs in the formation of the individual, allied to aspects of his temperament and its phylogenetic heritage. These same schemas are constantly activated and are present in our choices of conjugal partners, culminating in a combination of the couple's schemas. This process can occur in a healthy and functional way or in a pathological and disadaptive way, due to the fact that it is in the marital relationship that there is a search for the current service of these emotional needs. If these are not met again, psychopathologies can be aggravated or originated, being mainly related to stress, anxiety and even depression. This study was developed based on a qualitative, exploratory and interpretive research, based on the film Friends with Benefits, with the main objective of evaluating the impact of the initial maladaptive schemas on the conjugal choices from a cultural artifact, based on the description of the therapy schema and marital relations - from the perspective of the formation of maladaptive initial schemas - and with the presentation of current literature on the impact that initial maladaptive schemes have on conjugal relationships. For this, a study was carried out according to the content analysis of Bardin, with the visualization of the cultural artefact Friends with Benefits and with the use of the pairing between the results found and what is proposed by the Schema Therapy. The hypotheses for the expected results are that there are complementary schemes between the protagonist couple, which maintains their dysfunctional and maladaptive schemes. This hypothesis was confirmed at the end of the work, since the characters Dylan and Jamie maintains the dysfunctional relational pattern that had been learned in their childhood, using a mechanism to maintain their initial maladaptive schemas, and searching for partners who complement such functionality (sic).