title: Influence of self-efficacy on the interpersonal behavior of schizophrenia patients undergoing rehabilitation in psychiatric day-care services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study examined whether the self-efficacy of interpersonal behavior influenced the interpersonal behavior of schizophrenia patients using psychiatric day-care services.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-nine patients with schizophrenia were examined with the Interpersonal Relations subscale of the Life Assessment Scale for Mentally Ill, the Self-efficacy Scale of Interpersonal Behavior, the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia-Japanese version, and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Life Assessment Scale for Mentally Ill score was significantly correlated with the self-efficacy of interpersonal behavior, and was also significantly correlated with neurocognitive functions and negative symptoms. However, the Self-efficacy Scale of Interpersonal Behavior score was not correlated with neurocognitive functions and negative symptoms. To examine the causal correlations between the above social, psychological and clinical factors, multiple regression analysis was performed with the self-efficacy of interpersonal behavior, neurocognitive functions, and negative symptoms as the independent variables and interpersonal behavior as the dependent variable. The self-efficacy of interpersonal behavior was found to contribute to interpersonal behavior as well as neurocognitive functions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The self-efficacy of interpersonal behavior contributed to the interpersonal behavior as well as the neurocognitive functions in the case of schizophrenia patients in the community. This suggested that interventions targeting the self-efficacy of interpersonal behavior, as well as those targeting neurocognitive functions, were important to improve the interpersonal behavior of schizophrenia patients undergoing psychiatric rehabilitation in the community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Kiyoji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.forename: Satoe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichihara-Takeda
authors.forename: Ryuta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D055815:Young Adult