The impact of the social network, stigma and empowerment on the quality of life in patients with schizophrenia

Sibitz, Ingrid; Amering, Michaela; Unger, Annemarie; Seyringer, M.E.; Bachmann, Alina; Schrank, Beate; Benesch, Thomas; Schulze, Beate; Woppmann, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.08.010

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“…It has been well documented that people with mental health problems report high levels of discrimination (Sibitz et al 2011;Evans-Lacko et al 2012;Farrelly et al 2014;Griffiths et al 2014). There is an increasing effort to try to end discrimination towards people affected by mental health problems (Heinz et al 2015;Mehta et al 2015;Thornicroft et al 2015;Wahlbeck, 2015;Weissman, 2015), with the promotion of antistigma programmes worldwide such as 'Like Minds, Like Mine' (Vaughan & Hansen, 2004;Thornicroft et al 2014), 'Opening Minds' (Sartorius, 2014;Stuart et al 2014), and 'Open the Doors' (Rüsch et al 2005;Gaebel et al 2008;NHS Scotland, 2008;Thornicroft et al 2008;Evans-Lacko et al 2012;Evans-Lacko et al 2014a, b).…”

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Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

Sampogna

Bakolis

Robinson

et al. 2016

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Aims. In the field of stigma research, an area of interest is the coping strategies that mental health service users can use in response to discriminatory experiences. As a part of the evaluation of the Time to Change (TTC) anti-stigma programme, the Viewpoint telephone survey was run annually in order to assess service users' reported levels of discrimination and selected coping strategies. The study aim is to test the extent to which experience of TTC programme is a positive predictor of selected coping strategies.Methods. Telephone interview surveys carried out by peer interviewers were conducted annually. 'Educating others' and 'challenging' coping strategies were assessed alongside anticipated and experienced discrimination.Results. During 2011-2014, 3903 mental health service users were interviewed. Participants more often adopted the 'educating others' strategy (2.31 ± 0.01) than the 'challenging' strategy (2.15 ± 0.02) ( p < 0.001). On the other hand, those who participated in campaign activities endorsed 'challenging' more frequently than people who were not aware of TTC (2.78 ± 1.23 v. 2.09 ± 1.08, p < 0.001). According to the multi-variate linear regression model, we found that being actively involved in TTC activities (OR = 0.74, CI: 0.29-1.19; p < 0.05), having a diagnosis of a depressive disorder (OR = 0.20, CI: 0.04-0.36; p < 0.05) or personality disorder (OR = 0.23, CI: 0.04-0.43; p < 0.05) were good predictors of endorsing a 'challenging' strategy even after adjusted for confounding variables. Conclusions.A positive relationship between participating in the TTC programme and using the 'challenging' strategy was found. There is still a need to disentangle the complex association between these two coping strategies and the role of anti-stigma campaigns, promoting further local activities led by service users and carers' as well as all others stakeholders' associations.

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Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

Sampogna

Bakolis

Robinson

et al. 2016

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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“…Path analysis results found that the recovery program improved patients' social networks, enhanced empowerment and reduced stigma. This recovery program also reduced depression in patients with psychosis and improved their QOL [9].…”

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Construct validity of the Empowerment Scale in patients with schizophrenia

Li¹,

Chiu²

2017

Neuropsychiatry

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The Empowerment Scale contains eight domains that are divided into three subscales. The sum score of the three individual subscales represents three different aspects of empowerment (i.e., second-order models), such as personal, interpersonal, and social political aspects. The total score of the eight domains reflect the overall empowerment status (i.e., third-order factor). However, factor structures of the Empowerment Scale have not been evaluated in patients with schizophrenia in Taiwan. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to examine construct validity (i.e., one 8-factor model [first-order], three second-order models, and one third-order model) of the Empowerment Scale using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). We also examined floor/ceiling effects and internal consistency in patients with schizophrenia. We obtained 339 self-administered data of the Empowerment Scale in patients with schizophrenia. The CFA results of the 8-factor model showed that item 27 (Social reality cannot be changed by people) with low factor loading (0.06). We deleted this item and reconstructed first-order CFA. The Empowerment Scale with 33 items (ES-33) showed a good model fit (χ 2 /df=1.11, CFI=1.00, TLI=1.00, and RMSEA=0.018) and all 33 items had sufficient factor loadings (0.63-0.85). The three second-order models and one third-order model also represented good model fits (χ 2 /df=1.09-1.77, CFI=0.99-1.00, TLI=0.99-1.00, and RMSEA=0.017-0.048). The ES-33 had no floor or ceiling effects (0.3%-3.5% and 1.5%-18.0%, respectively) and also demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (α=0.72-0.90). In summary, the ES-33 had satisfactory psychometric properties. Future users may use the ES-33 to capture the multiple dimensions of empowerment and overall empowerment status in patients with schizophrenia.

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“…However, before starting to implement methods of improving social network and social support, the efficacy of such interventions requires further investigation [21,22].…”

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Autonomy and Severe Mental Illness: The Relationship between Social Network and Functioning

Levinsson¹,

Kjellin

Östman³

2016

2471-6529

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The impact of the social network, stigma and empowerment on the quality of life in patients with schizophrenia

Abstract: Following a recovery approach in mental health services by focusing on the improvement of the social network, stigma reduction and especially on the development of personal strength has the potential to reduce depression in patients with psychosis and improving their QOL.

Cited by 182 publications

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Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

Construct validity of the Empowerment Scale in patients with schizophrenia

Autonomy and Severe Mental Illness: The Relationship between Social Network and Functioning

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