Loneliness and its experience in patients with schizophrenia during rehabilitation
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https://doi.org/10.61699/cjmps-v2-i3-4-p23-45Keywords:
features of loneliness experience, schizophrenia, neuropsychiatric dispensary, content analysis, comparative analysis, correlation analysisAbstract
This article is devoted to the study of the features of loneliness in schizophrenia patients undergoing rehabilitation in neuropsychiatric dispensary, and their connection with such clinical-psychological characteristics as state anxiety, social anxiety, interpersonal relationships and self-esteem. The study involved 70 respondents over the age of 18: 30 patients of Neuropsychiatric dispensary (average age 38±13.49) attending a psychiatric day hospital and 40 respondents without diagnosed mental illness (average age 38±14,04). Research methods: clinical-psychological interview, Differential questionnaire of loneliness experience (E. N. Osin, D. A. Leontiev), StateTrait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger-Khanin), Questionnaire of social anxiety and social phobia, method «Subjective assessment of interpersonal relationships», Self-esteem Matrix (B. Weinhold). Data processing methods: content analysis, Mann–Whitney U test, correlation analysis. The results of the study reflect the features of loneliness experienced by patients with schizophrenia: they are more likely to think about loneliness than experience it; they identify external factors in loneliness more than internal experiences; they tend to avoid situations of loneliness. They have higher current loneliness experiences. Connections with the studied clinical-psychological characteri
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