Subjective experience in schizophrenia: factors influencing self-esteem, satisfaction with life, and subjective distress.
The relative and combined effects of individual characteristics, severity of illness, psychosocial functioning, treatment intensity, and milieu variables on self-esteem, distress and satisfaction with life were examined in a study of 103 subjects diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, all of whom had been in either high-intensity or low-intensity community-based interventions for at least six months. Implications of the findings for treatment and for research on subjective experience in schizophrenia are discussed.
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School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Brekke
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*