Relationships between psychiatric state and self-esteem in schizophrenic patients living in the community

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  • Kunikata Hiroko
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School
  • Toyota Shiho
    Kansai University of International Studies, Department of Human Behavior Science
  • Yajima Yuki
    Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University
  • Numoto Kenji
    Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University
  • Nakajima Kazuo
    Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University

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  • 統合失調症患者の精神症状と自尊感情の関連性
  • トウゴウ シッチョウショウ カンジャ ノ セイシン ショウジョウ ト ジソン カンジョウ ノ カンレンセイ

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between psychiatric state and self-esteem of schizophrenic patients living in the community. Analysis was done with 109 schizophrenic patients in a longitudinal study and 61 schizophrenic patients in a cross-sectional study. A nine-item version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) with its reliability and validity endorsed was used. In the cross-sectional study, a "lethargy" factor was negatively correlated with self-esteem, while in the longitudinal study psychiatric symptom measured with the nine-item version of the BPRS were negatively correlated with self-esteem. Therefore, this result showed that psychiatric symptom might negatively affect self-esteem. The findings suggest that support for lethargic schizophrenic patients may lead to enhancement of their self-esteem.

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