Title of article :
The stress process perspective and adaptation
of people with schizophrenia
Author/Authors :
Yves Lecomte، نويسنده , , Céline Mercier، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Abstract :
Background Adaptation of people suffering
from schizophrenia still raises numerous questions left
unanswered by correlational studies and predictive
models.A theoretical framework likely to bring new answers
is the stress process perspective. Using the transactional
model of coping, to which psychological and
social variables have been added, this exploratory research
studies the adaptation of 101 people with schizophrenia.
Method The research design is correlational
with only one crosswise measure. Results The model
predicts 60.7% of variance of adaptation and gives support
that the transactional model of coping contributes
to this variance. Five variables show a significant effect
and account for 48% of the variance, and three interaction
effects (two two-way and one three-way) add another
12.7% to the explained variance. Conclusion Results
give support to the significant impact of the
variables education, age and negative symptoms on
adaptation. They highlight the importance of accommodation,
a cognitive strategy used by people with
schizophrenia to increase their adaptation. They also
challenge the broadly accepted assumption of a negative
influence of life events on adaptation. Finally, the
interaction effects allow us to better understand the
mutual effects of variables on adaptation and confirm
their relevance
Keywords :
schizophrenia – adaptation – coping –transactional theory – stressors
Journal title :
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (SPPE)
Journal title :
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (SPPE)