title: Coping with symptoms related to schizophrenia.
abstract: This article describes a method developed to assess coping with schizophrenia by inpatients and outpatients. The approach is based on a transactional theory of coping. Symptoms related to the disease, subjective appraisals given by the 40 patients, and coping behavior are assessed using a list of disease-related strains, rating scales, and a semi-structured interview. Results of this study indicate that the patients' appraisals of the effects of their efforts to cope may not be realistic, leading to a low degree of satisfaction. Coping, described as "problem-centered" versus "nonproblem-centered" and as behavioral, cognitive, or emotional, seemed to be related to the patients' clinical status. Nonproblem-centered strategies predominated in the highly strained groups, along with a tendency to more emotional and less cognitive coping.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychology, Osnabrück, Germany.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Wiedl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schöttner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012803:Sick Role