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Coping strategies in schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia: Differences and similarities.

Authors :
Mingrone C
Montemagni C
Sandei L
Bava I
Mancini I
Cardillo S
Rocca P
Source :
Psychiatry research [Psychiatry Res] 2016 Oct 30; Vol. 244, pp. 317-23. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 30.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Aims of the current study were to explore differences in coping between 58 patients with schizoaffective disorder (SAD) and 89 with schizophrenia (SZ) and to identify factors associated with coping in both disorders. The demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with SAD and with SZ were compared using ANOVA and χ(2). Pearson's correlations were calculated between coping styles and socio-demographic and clinical variables in each group. The significant ones were subsequently analyzed using multiple regressions. Patients with SAD used emotion oriented coping more frequently than patients 2016with SZ. In patients with SAD, self-esteem contributed to task-oriented; avolition-anhedonia (AA) to emotion-oriented; duration of illness and years of education to distraction; AA to social diversion. In patients with SZ, AA, the mental component summary score of the Short Form - 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and self-esteem contributed to emotion oriented coping; the mental component summary score of SF-36 to distraction; AA to social diversion. Our results suggest that patients with SAD and SZ use diverse coping strategies. A greater attention must be given to the presence of self-esteem and AA in individuals with both disorders. These factors are potentially modifiable from specific therapeutic interventions, which can produce effects on coping strategies.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1872-7123
Volume :
244
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Psychiatry research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27517342
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.059