title: Between self-clarity and recovery in schizophrenia: reducing the self-stigma and finding meaning.
abstract: Although there are extensive theoretical reviews regarding the self-experience among persons with schizophrenia, there is limited research that addresses the implications of self-clarity on the recovery of persons with schizophrenia while exploring the role of possible mediators within this process. Accordingly, the current study explored the relationship between self-clarity and recovery while examining the possible mediating role of self-stigma and sense of meaning in life. 80 persons with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were administered four scales: self-concept clarity, self-stigma, meaning in life, and recovery. Results confirmed the hypothesized model in which self-clarity affects self-stigma, self-stigma affects meaning in life, and meaning in life affects recovery. No direct relationship was uncovered between self-clarity and recovery. Implications of the current study for future research and clinical practice are discussed with the emphasis on the importance of the self-experience with regard to the process of recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. Electronic address: ilanithasson@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ilanit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hasson-Ohayon
authors.affiliation: Department of Health System Management, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mashiach-Eizenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Noa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Elhasid
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Philip T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Yanos
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Roudebush VA Medical Center, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lysaker
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roe
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping; D055815:Young Adult