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The present study sought to identify the effect of both sex and age on early maladaptive schemas in a sample of secondary school students. It also aimed to reveal the most prevalent schemas among the students. For this purpose, Young Schema Questionnaire was administered to a sample of (180 students), who were selected in a simple random sampling from secondary school students in the city of El Oued. The results showed that the most common schemas among students were: Unrelenting Standards, Hyper criticalness, Abandonment, Instability and Self-Sacrifice. There were also statistically significant differences in the early maladaptive schemas due to gender, while there were no significant differences in the early maladaptive schemas due to age. (Published Abstract)