title: The relationships among insight, social support, and depression in psychosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. suzanne.kaiser@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Suzanne L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Rhiannon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corcoran
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Drake
mesh_terms: 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