"Feeling shattered and ephemeral": How do positive and negative symptoms affect self-concept clarity among individuals experiencing psychosis?
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Published on: April 23, 2014
Rasha Salah Eweida1, Sanaa Habashy Abd El Mageed Shaheen2, Gehad Mohamed Abou-Elmaaty2
1Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt; Psychiatric and Mental Health Specialty, Nursing Department, College of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Bahrain, Bahrain.
Purpose:
Incoherence in sense of self in schizophrenia may mask individuals' ability to perceive reality accurately, and cause them to feel alienated from themselves and others. This descriptive correlational study investigates the relationship between positive and negative symptoms in relation to self-concept clarity (SCC) in schizophrenia.
Method:
A sample of 200 inpatients with schizophrenia were recruited to complete the Self-Concept Clarity Scale and were rated on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-version 4.0).
Results:
A strong inverse correlation between positive and negative symptoms in relation to SCC (r = 0.242, P < 0.001, and r = 0.225, P = 0.001, respectively).
Conclusion:
The overall BPRS scores were identified as independent precursors of low SCC.
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