Term refers to self-schemas based on our past experiences that direct how we relate to the important people in our lives is relational self-schema.
According to modern self-schema theory, there are multiple representations of the self in memory, with each individual self-schema having associative connections to relational contexts (i.e., self-with-other)
Relational schemas include subjective experiences and self-in-relationship behavior and can be thought of as blueprints for experiencing the self and relating to others. Self-Schemas form in childhood but are revised and reshaped throughout life. They can be implicit or explicit, nonverbal or verbal. They have an impact on how we form interpersonal relationships as well as our relationship with ourselves.
Activation of relational self-schemas can result in the manifestation of various ego states, which can be adaptive or defensive. It is critical for deep personality change to occur at the level of schemas. Through the relationship with a therapist, psychotherapy promotes the change and reconstruction of old defensive schemas as well as the development of new relational self schemas.
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