Self‐perceived interpersonal competence in older schizophrenia patients: the role of patient characteristics and psychosocial factors

Abstract

These findings suggest the need for clinical interventions designed to enhance the interpersonal skills of older schizophrenia patients, particularly those with marked negative symptoms.

Clinical outcomes of a coping with stress training program among patients suffering from schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: a pilot study

“…Our results are consistent with the literature on the relationship between psychotic disorders and self-efficacy, stress, coping, and other psychosocial variables, such as social support (e.g. Hultman et al, 1997;Jex et al, 2001;Lecomte et al, 1999;Lysaker et al, 2001;MacDonald et al, 1998;Pratt et al, 2005;Ritsner et al, 2000;Semple et al, 1999;Solomon & Draine, 1995). Self-efficacy has been incorporated into a model of social functioning for patients with schizophrenia, suggesting that self-efficacy mediates patients' coping efforts (Liberman, Mueser, Wallace, Jacobs, Eckman, & Massel, 1986;McDermott, 1995).…”

“…Coping skills have been widely associated with the amelioration or stabilization of psychotic symptoms, and the role of self-efficacy in this relationship has been explored in many studies (e.g. Hultman, Wieselgren, & Ohman, 1997;Jex, Bliese, Buzzel, & Primeau, 2001;Lecomte, Cyr, Lesage, Wilde, Leclerc, & Ricard, 1999;Lysaker, Clements, Wright, Evans, & Marks, 2001;MacDonald, Pica, McDonald, Hayes, & Baglioni, 1998;McDermott, 1995;Pratt, Mueser, Smith, & Lu, 2005;Ritsner & Blumenkrantz, 2007;Ritsner & Susser, 2004;Ritsner et al, 2000;Ritsner, Gibel, Ponizovsky, Shinkarenko, Ratner, & Kurs, 2006;Roe, Yanos, & Lysaker, 2006;Semple, Patterson, Shaw, Grant, Moscona, & Jeste, 1999;Solomon & Draine, 1995;Vauth, Kleim, Wirtz, & Corrigan, 2007;Ventura, Nuechterlein, Subotnik, Green, & Gitlin, 2004). Coping and coping skills may act as protective factors against the exacerbation of clinical symptoms, relapse risk, and a decline in patients' quality of life.…”

MACS‐II: does coping enhance subjective control over psychotic symptoms?

“…The systematic application of coping strategies in treatment settings can be an important therapeutic tool (1), providing patients with psychotic illness a means to gain control over their symptoms (2–7). Breier and Strauss (8) studied coping mechanisms in a self‐control framework, and found that almost all patients reported attempts to gain control over their symptoms using different coping strategies.…”

Enhancing and Promoting Recovery in Attentionally Impaired People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial of Attention Shaping in a Partial Hospital Program

“…The ICQ (Buhrmester, Furman, Wittenberg, & Reis, 1988) is a 40-item structured interview that assesses subjective feelings of competence in interpersonal situations that has been modified for use with people diagnosed with schizophrenia (Semple, et al, 1999). Respondents rate their perceived competence in a range of hypothetical interpersonal situations on a Likert-type scale with four answer choices that range from “I am poor at this” to “I am extremely good at this”.…”

“…The content of the ICQ's five subscales closely parallel skills taught in the UCLA BCSM: 1) initiation of interactions; 2) negative assertion; 3) self-disclosure; 4) provision of support to others; and 5) conflict management. This modified version of the ICQ has demonstrated excellent internal consistency for each subscale and total scores, and good discrimination of people with schizophrenia from non-psychiatric controls (Semple et al, 1999). …”