Resilience, Sense of Coherence, and Coping with Stress as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in the Course of Schizophrenia. The Study Design

Bernadetta Izydorczyk, Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska, Aleksandra Kühn-Dymecka and Sebastian Lizińczyk
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Bernadetta Izydorczyk: Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Krakow 30-348, Poland
Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska: Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Krakow 30-348, Poland
Aleksandra Kühn-Dymecka: Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw 02-957, Poland
Sebastian Lizińczyk: Katowice Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Katowice 40-326, Poland

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-15

Abstract: The main research objective was seeking for the predictive role of such personal resources as resilience, sense of coherence, and coping with stress in psychological well-being of schizophrenia patients and their treatment. The study group comprised 201 individuals with schizophrenia, aged between 18 and 62. The following instruments were used: The sense of coherence scale SOC-29, The resilience scale for adults, polish adaptation of the stress appraisal measure, semistructured clinical interview, the positive and negative syndrome scale, the mood scale, and the general health questionnaire. A stepwise regression analysis aimed at selecting a group of significant predictors for the verified factors of psychological well-being in patients suffering from schizophrenia was carried out. The results of the study demonstrated the following to be significant predictors of psychological well-being in patients with schizophrenia: Resilience (explaining significantly the level of schizophrenic symptomatology Beta = −0.30, negative symptoms Beta = −0.385, and cognitive disorders Beta = −0.303), sense of coherence, which significantly predicted mood (in the case of manageability, Beta = 0.580 for positive mood, and Beta = 0.534 for negative mood) and psychiatric symptomatology (comprehensibility, Beta = 0.311 for negative symptoms, Beta = 0.173 for excessive arousal, and Beta = 0.330 for cognitive disorganization). The level of perceived stress appraised as challenge predicted positive mood (Beta = 0.164), while stress appraisal in terms of threat served as a predictor for negative mood and depressiveness (Beta = 0.190). The study results can prove helpful in creating therapeutic and programs and psychiatric rehabilitation for patients with schizophrenia.

Keywords: schizophrenia; resilience; sense of coherence; coping with stress; psychological well-being; risk factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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