The relationship between insight and social rank appraisals in people with schizophrenia.
OBJECTIVE
The relationship between insight and appraisals of social rank in people with schizophrenia was examined.


METHODS
Seventy people with schizophrenia completed self-report measures of insight and social rank. Two points of comparison were used for social rank appraisal: (1) the person's mental health worker; and (2) the general population.


RESULTS
Greater awareness of illness was associated with lower social rank appraisals when the participants compared themselves to the general population (r = -.25, p = .04). Social rank appraisals and duration of illness predicted 14.5% of the variance in insight scores.


CONCLUSIONS
The relationship between insight and depressive reactions in people diagnosed with schizophrenia may be modulated by social rank appraisal.
McLeod
Hamish J
HJ
School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. hamish@uow.edu.au
Coertze
Liza
L
Moore
Estelle
E
D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012923:Social Class; D012938:Social Perception