The relationships among insight, social support, and depression in psychosis.
We assessed the role of satisfaction with social support as a mediating factor in the relationship between insight and depression in psychosis. Forty inpatients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders self-completed measures of insight, social support, and depression. Results showed a curvilinear relationship between insight and satisfaction with support: those with high and low insight tended to have higher satisfaction with support than those with moderate insight. Satisfaction also had a negative relationship with depression. We found no direct relationship between insight and depression. This was consistent with satisfaction with social support mediating the relationship between global insight and depression.
Kaiser
Suzanne L
SL
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. suzanne.kaiser@manchester.ac.uk
Snyder
Jennifer A
JA
Corcoran
Rhiannon
R
Drake
Richard J
RJ
D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires