title: Recovery style and stigma in psychosis: the healing power of integrating.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Persecutory delusions are a very common symptom in psychotic disorders and represent a considerable cost for both patients and for society. The way in which a person faces their psychotic disorder (i.e., recovery style) has impact on their recovery. The impact of coping style as a moderator in the course of their illness has not been studied sufficiently in persecutory delusions. In addition, internalised stigma is a common process in psychosis that not only might affect emotional distress, but might also shape recovery style. The goal of this study was to examine the moderator role of recovery style between internalised stigma and emotional distress in people with persecutory delusions.
  
  
  METHODS
  All 50 people with persecutory beliefs were assessed by the Recovery Style Questionnaire, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition, and Internalised Stigma of Mental Illness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Moderation analysis showed that participants with a sealing-over recovery style had high levels of depression when they experienced internalised stigma and low levels of depression only when internalised stigma was low. However, participants with an integration recovery style presented similar levels of depression regardless of the level of their internalised stigma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings suggest the moderator role of recovery style between internalised stigma and depression in people with persecutory delusions.
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain.|b Deparment of Psychology , Universidad Camilo José Cela , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valiente
authors.affiliation: c Unidad de Investigación del Distrito Sanitario de Atención Primaria Málaga-Guadalhorce , Málaga , Spain.|d Department of Psychology , Universidad Loyola Andalucía , Sevilla , Spain.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rigabert
authors.affiliation: e The Wright Institute , Berkeley , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D057545:Social Stigma; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Schizophrenia; internalised stigma; psychosis; recovery style