The attributional style is one domain of social cognition that involves perceiving, interpreting, and generating responses to others' intentions and behaviours in different situations. This study describes the attributional style of Egyptians with schizophrenia. The study took place in a psychiatric hospital in Egypt. Eight psychiatric wards were randomly selected, and all participants (150) with a diagnosis of schizophrenia participated. Data were collected using the Ambiguous Intention Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ), the attributional style interview schedule, and the sociodemographic/clinical data sheet. Participants' scores on the AIHQ varied significantly between different situations (intentional, accidental, and ambiguous). The attributional style of the studied participants regarding their perceived psychosocial problems tended to be related to specific causes. These causes were mostly externally attributed to other people and to circumstances, and were perceived not to persist in the future. It would seem that Egyptians with schizophrenia tend to blame other people for negative events if these events are perceived to cause intentional harm.
Background: People with schizophrenia continue to suffer from negative functional outcomes and long-term morbidity despite a legacy of empirical research and development of several types of treatments Negative symptoms and low self-esteem in schizophrenia account for much of the poor ability to cope with every day activities and consequently the quality of life of the person with schizophrenia. Applying mindful self-compassion intervention (MSC) may decrease the negative symptoms and improve the patient self-esteem. Objective: Evaluate the impact of mindful-self compassion intervention on self-esteem and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia Settings: The present study was carried out in the inpatient wards of El-Maamoura Hospital for Psychiatric Medicine in Alexandria. Subjects:68 patients with schizophrenia. Tools: four tools were used for data collection. The first tool A Socio-demographic and clinical data collection tool: This tool was developed by the researcher. The second tool was self-compassion scale to assess the degree of self-compassion of patients with schizophrenia. The third tool was Rosenberg self-esteem scale to assess the degree of self-esteem. The fourth tool was Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms ( SANS) to assesses the negative symptoms of patients with schizophrenia Results: Findings of the present study revealed that the improvement of self-compassion percentage of the patients who had high self-esteem pre-intervention (8.8%)was increased in post intervention to (64.7%) Conclusion: mindful self-compassion (MSC) can successful in decreasing the severity of overall negative symptoms of patients with schizophrenia and improve their self-esteem and their self-compassion..
Recommendations: Psychiatric hospitals may support the application of mindful self-compassion intervention as an integral component in the hospital routine care and rehabilitation program for patients with schizophrenia
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