Schema modes (or modes) are a key concept in the theory underlying schema therapy. Modes have rarely been related to established models of personality traits. The present study thus investigates the associations between trait emotional intelligence (TEI) and 14 modes, and tests a global TEI–mode factors–general psychological distress mediation model. The study draws on self‐report data from 173 inpatients from a German clinic for psychosomatic medicine. Global TEI correlated positively with both healthy modes (happy child and healthy adult) and negatively with 10 maladaptive modes. When modes were regressed on the four TEI factors, six (emotionality), five (well‐being), four (sociability), and four (self‐control) significant partial effects on 10 modes emerged. In the parallel mediation model, the mode factors internalization and compulsivity fully mediated the global TEI–general psychological distress link. Implications of the results for the integration of modes with traits in general and with TEI in particular as well as implications of low TEI as a transdiagnostic feature of personality malfunctioning are discussed.

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模式模式的特质情绪智力观点

模式模式（或模式）是模式疗法基础理论中的关键概念。模式很少与已建立的人格特质模型相关。因此，本研究调查了特质情绪智力（TEI）之间的关联。）和14种模式，并测试了一个整体TEI模式因素-一般心理困扰调解模型。该研究借鉴了德国一家心身医学诊所的173名住院病人的自我报告数据。全球TEI与健康模式（快乐的孩子和健康的成年人）呈正相关，与10种适应不良的模式呈负相关。当模式根据四个TEI因素回归时，对10个模式的影响分别为六个（情感），五个（幸福），四个（社交）和四个（自我控制）。在平行调解模型中，模式因素的内在化和强制性完全介导了全球TEI与一般心理困扰之间的联系。