| Literature DB >> 27381016 |
Alessandro Rossi1,2, Silvana Galderisi3, Paola Rocca4, Alessandro Bertolino5, Armida Mucci3, Paola Rucci6, Dino Gibertoni6, Eugenio Aguglia7, Mario Amore8, Ileana Andriola5, Antonello Bellomo9, Massimo Biondi10, Gaetano Callista11,12, Anna Comparelli13, Liliana Dell'Osso14, Massimo Di Giannantonio15, Andrea Fagiolini16, Carlo Marchesi17, Palmiero Monteleone18, Cristiana Montemagni4, Cinzia Niolu19, Giuseppe Piegari3, Federica Pinna20, Rita Roncone21, Paolo Stratta11,12, Elena Tenconi22, Antonio Vita23,24, Patrizia Zeppegno25, Mario Maj3.
Abstract
The relationships of personal resources with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning have never been tested systematically in a large sample of people with schizophrenia. We applied structural equation models to a sample of 921 patients with schizophrenia collected in a nationwide Italian study, with the aim to identify, among a large set of personal resources, those that may have an association with symptom severity or psychosocial functioning. Several relevant demographic and clinical variables were considered concurrently. Poor service engagement and poor recovery style, as well as older age and younger age at onset, were related to greater symptom severity and poorer social functioning. Higher resilience and higher education were related to better social functioning only. Poor problem-focused coping and internalized stigma, as well as male gender and depression, were related to symptom severity only. The explored variables showed distinctive and partially independent associations with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning. A deeper understanding of these relationships may inform treatment decisions.Entities:
Keywords: Personal resources; Psychosocial functioning; Schizophrenia; Structural equation models; Symptom severity
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Year: 2016 PMID： 27381016 DOI： 10.1007/s00406-016-0710-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN： 0940-1334 Impact factor: 5.270