title: Correlates of coping styles in psychotic illness.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Both integration and sealing over have been identified as global, clinically distinct coping styles with the psychotic illness and integration was found to be associated with a better outcome. We studied a series of potential correlates of these coping styles.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 75 psychiatric patients in a recovery phase after a psychotic episode were studied. All patients filled out the Frankfurt Self-Concept Inventory and the Parental Bonding Instrument; the Integration/Sealing over Scale and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale were completed by an investigator for all patients during a semistructured interview. Besides, some sociodemographic and clinical data were collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A relationship was found between the integrative coping style and absence of negative symptoms, housing with partner or alone indicating more social competence and a diagnosis of psychotic illness other than (paranoid) schizophrenia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As only 25% of the variance were explained, other--still unknown--factors are also of importance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. modestin@bli.unizh.ch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Modestin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soult
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malti
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support