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The relationship between insight and social rank appraisals in people with schizophrenia
Hamish J McLeod1, Liza Coertze, Estelle Moore
1School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. hamish@uow.edu.au
Objective:
The relationship between insight and appraisals of social rank in people with schizophrenia was examined.
Method:
Seventy people with schizophrenia completed self-report measures of insight and social rank. Two points of comparison were used for social rank appraisal: (1) the person's mental health worker; and (2) the general population.
Results:
Greater awareness of illness was associated with lower social rank appraisals when the participants compared themselves to the general population (r = -.25, p = .04). Social rank appraisals and duration of illness predicted 14.5% of the variance in insight scores.
Conclusions:
The relationship between insight and depressive reactions in people diagnosed with schizophrenia may be modulated by social rank appraisal.
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