The relationships of personal resources with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning in persons with schizophrenia: results from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses study.

The relationships of personal resources with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning in persons with schizophrenia: results from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jul 6; Authors: Rossi A, Galderisi S, Rocca P, Bertolino A, Mucci A, Rucci P, Gibertoni D, Aguglia E, Amore M, Andriola I, Bellomo A, Biondi M, Callista G, Comparelli A, Dell'Osso L, Di Giannantonio M, Fagiolini A, Marchesi C, Monteleone P, Montemagni C, Niolu C, Piegari G, Pinna F, Roncone R, Stratta P, Tenconi E, Vita A, Zeppegno P, Maj M, Italian Network for Research on Psychoses Abstract The relationships of personal resources with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning have never been tested systematically in a large sample of people with schizophrenia. We applied structural equation models to a sample of 921 patients with schizophrenia collected in a nationwide Italian study, with the aim to identify, among a large set of personal resources, those that may have an association with symptom severity or psychosocial functioning. Several relevant demographic and clinical variables were considered concurrently. Poor service engagement and poor recovery style, as well as older age and younger age at onset, were related to greater symptom severity and poorer social functioning. Higher resilience and higher education were related to better social functioning only. Poor problem-focused coping and internali...
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