Between self-clarity and recovery in schizophrenia: reducing the self-stigma and finding meaning

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• 作者：Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon^a ; ^{ilanithasson@gmail.com" class="auth_mail} ; Michal Mashiach-Eizenberg^b ; Noa Elhasid^c ; Philip T. Yanos^d ; Paul H. Lysaker^e ; David Roe^c
• 刊名：Comprehensive Psychiatry
• 出版年：April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：55
• 期：3
• 页码：675-680
• 全文大小：197 K

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Although there are extensive theoretical reviews regarding the self-experience among persons with schizophrenia, there is limited research that addresses the implications of self-clarity on the recovery of persons with schizophrenia while exploring the role of possible mediators within this process. Accordingly, the current study explored the relationship between self-clarity and recovery while examining the possible mediating role of self-stigma and sense of meaning in life. 80 persons with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were administered four scales: self-concept clarity, self-stigma, meaning in life, and recovery. Results confirmed the hypothesized model in which self-clarity affects self-stigma, self-stigma affects meaning in life, and meaning in life affects recovery. No direct relationship was uncovered between self-clarity and recovery. Implications of the current study for future research and clinical practice are discussed with the emphasis on the importance of the self-experience with regard to the process of recovery.