British Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 473-480.īoschi, S., Adams, R. The ability of schizophrenics to perceive and cope with negative affect. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 130, 330-351.īellack, A. The Bech-Rafaelsen Mania Scale and the Hamilton Depression Scale: Evaluation of homogeneity and inter-observer reliability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.īech, P., Bolwig, T. The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Several hypothesized associations between concurrent coping, functioning, and well-being were also documented.īaron, R. Among patients without schizophrenia, maladaptive coping correlated concurrently with depressive symptoms. Among those with schizophrenia, deficits in adaptive coping also predicted relative increases in schizophrenia symptoms over time, controlling for intake symptom severity. Among patients with schizophrenia, schizophrenia symptom severity correlated inversely with adaptive coping (e.g., acceptance, planning, seeking support) but did not correlate with maladaptive coping (e.g., self-blame, denial).

Thirty patients were re-interviewed an average of 6 weeks after discharge. Carver, 1997)-was administered in interviewer-assisted format during patients' stay on the ward. The Brief COPE-a questionnaire developed in health psychology (C. Coping was assessed among 70 psychiatric inpatients diagnosed primarily with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and schizoaffective disorder.

The way patients cope with the experience of having an episode and being hospitalized for psychiatric disorder may relate to symptom severity, social functioning, and psychological well-being.

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