title: The relationship between insight and social rank appraisals in people with schizophrenia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. hamish@uow.edu.au
authors.forename: Hamish J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coertze
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012923:Social Class; D012938:Social Perception