title: Relationship between spirituality/religiousness and coping in patients with residual schizophrenia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure spirituality/religiousness and its relation to coping skills in patients with residual schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a cross-sectional design, 103 persons with residual schizophrenia were assessed on Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale [PANSS] and Ways of Coping Checklist [WCC] to assess the repertoire of coping skills and WHO Quality of Life-Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Belief scale [WHOQOL-SRPB] to assess religiousness and spirituality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Positive reappraisal as a coping strategy had significant positive correlation with all the facets of WHOQOL-SRPB and SRPB total domain scores. The coping subscales of accepting responsibility, planful problem solving, distancing, confrontive coping, and self-controlling also had significant positive correlations with different facets of WHOQOL-SRPB and total SRPB domain score. Seeking social support and escape-avoidance as coping mechanisms had no correlations with any of the WHOQOL-SRPB facets.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A sound spiritual, religious, or personal belief system is associated with active and adaptive coping skills in subjects with residual schizophrenia. Understanding and assessing the spirituality and religiousness of subjects with schizophrenia can help in better management of the disorder.
authors.affiliation: , Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ruchita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Parmanand
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kulhara
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Rama
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyagi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D057189:Checklist; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D055815:Young Adult