Effects of Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation on the Internalized Stigmatization Level of Patients With Schizophrenia

Emine Yılmaz and Funda Kavak

Clinical Nursing Research, 2020, vol. 29, issue 7, 496-503

Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of mindfulness-based psychoeducation on internalized stigma in patients with schizophrenia. The patients were recruited from the community mental health centers. This quasiexperimental study was conducted using pretests and posttests with a control group. The participants were 69 patients with schizophrenia; 34 were part of the experimental group and 35 were part of the control group. The patients in the experimental group participated 2 days a week for 6 weeks in a total of 12 sessions which were given in the form of face-to-face group training. The difference between the scale mean posttest scores of the patients in the experimental and control groups was found to be statistically significant ( p

Keywords: mindfulness; nursing; psychoeducation; stigma; schizophrenia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773818797871

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