title: Insight and satisfaction with life among adolescents with mental disorders: assessing associations with self-stigma and parental insight.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the current study was to assess the associations of illness perception-related variables with satisfaction with life (SwL) among adolescents with mental disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Insight into mental disorder (SAI-E), Internalized stigma of mental illness (ISMI) and Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS) were administrated to 30 adolescent patients. Adapted version for parents of the SAI-E was also administrated to 37 of their parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant positive correlations were found between insight into the illness, self-stigma and parental insight. Insight and self-stigma were significantly negatively related to the total score of SwL and few of its dimensions while parental insight was significantly associated only with the SwL dimensions of school and self. Regression models revealed main negative effects of insight and self-stigma on SwL and no interaction effect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The possible independent contribution of insight and self-stigma to SwL should be addressed in interventions designed for family and adolescents coping with mental illness. Special attention should be given to the possible negative implications that insight possesses. In lack of support of the moderation role of self-stigma, reported in studies among adults with mental illness, future studies should trace other variables in order to further understand the insight paradox among adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaziel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hasson-Ohayon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morag-Yaffe
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescents Psychiatry, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schapir
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescents Psychiatry, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zalsman
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescents Psychiatry, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: shovgal@tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shoval
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011340:Problem Solving; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception; D057545:Social Stigma
keywords: Adolescents; Insight; Satisfaction with life; Self-stigma