SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA
Schizophrenia as a chronic mental illness has been found to be one of the most stigmatizing conditions. The experience of schizophrenia is not limited to the symptoms of the illness itself but it is also accompanied by the reactions of social environment, and the stigma associated with this disorder...
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| description | Schizophrenia as a chronic mental illness has been found to be one of the most stigmatizing conditions. The experience of schizophrenia is not limited to the symptoms of the illness itself but it is also accompanied by the reactions of social environment, and the stigma associated with this disorder. To assess self-stigma impact on social functioning of patients with chronic schizophrenia, descriptive correlative research design was adopted. This study was conducted at outpatient clinics in El Abbassia Hospital-for Mental Health. Convenient eighty patients with chronic schizophrenia were recruited from the outpatient clinics who attend for follow up. Inventory of stigmatizing experiences, social functioning scale, and assessment of severity of negative symptoms scales were used to collect data. Findings revealed that, there was a moderate to severe degree of self-stigma. There were statistically significant positive correlations between experiences of participant's self-stigma and both, severity of patient's negative symptoms and social functioning especially recreational activities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-87f24818aa9f44049f9605c63cf2a5fa2025-08-20T03:15:48ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing2231-15052015-07-011015910.4103/2231-1505.260571SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIAAmal Gamal ShehataEnas Mahrous Abd El AzizSchizophrenia as a chronic mental illness has been found to be one of the most stigmatizing conditions. The experience of schizophrenia is not limited to the symptoms of the illness itself but it is also accompanied by the reactions of social environment, and the stigma associated with this disorder. To assess self-stigma impact on social functioning of patients with chronic schizophrenia, descriptive correlative research design was adopted. This study was conducted at outpatient clinics in El Abbassia Hospital-for Mental Health. Convenient eighty patients with chronic schizophrenia were recruited from the outpatient clinics who attend for follow up. Inventory of stigmatizing experiences, social functioning scale, and assessment of severity of negative symptoms scales were used to collect data. Findings revealed that, there was a moderate to severe degree of self-stigma. There were statistically significant positive correlations between experiences of participant's self-stigma and both, severity of patient's negative symptoms and social functioning especially recreational activities.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2231-1505.260571chronic schizophreniaself-stigmasocial- functioning. |
| spellingShingle | Amal Gamal Shehata Enas Mahrous Abd El Aziz SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing chronic schizophrenia self-stigma social- functioning. |
| title | SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA |
| title_full | SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA |
| title_fullStr | SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA |
| title_full_unstemmed | SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA |
| title_short | SELF-STIGMA IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA |
| title_sort | self stigma impact on social functioning of patients with chronic schizophrenia |
| topic | chronic schizophrenia self-stigma social- functioning. |
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