title: Cognitive functioning correlates of self-esteem and health locus of control in schizophrenia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aimed to investigate the relationship among sociodemographic factors, neurocognitive factors, self-esteem, and health locus of control in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. We examined the self-esteem, internal health locus of control, and external health locus of control through sociodemographic and neurocognitive factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six schizophrenic patients and 31 healthy residents from the community or hospital were recruited as the control group. All subjects participated in the self-esteem questionnaire, health locus of control questionnaire, and a series of neuropychological measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiple regression analysis revealed that inhibition of attention and external health locus of control were predictors for self-esteem (r=-0.30, P<0.05; r=0.41, P<0.01); inhibition of attention and external health locus of control were contributors for internal health locus of control (r=-0.43, P<0.01; r=0.61, P<0.001); and education was related to external health locus of control (r=-0.31, P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current study integrated background characteristics and cognitive function to better understand the impact of self-esteem and health locus of control in schizophrenia. The findings indicated that inhibition of attention, external health locus of control, and education contributed to self-esteem, internal health locus of control and external health locus of control. However, the overall predicted variance accounted for by these predictors was small; thus, further research is necessary to examine imperative variables related with self-esteem and health locus of control in schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Zuoying Branch of Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chien-Shu
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jo Yung-Wei
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei-Chung
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Shu-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Chuang
keywords: cognitive functioning; external health locus of control; internal health locus of control; schizophrenia; self-esteem