Psychiatry Research
Volume 179, Issue 2 , Pages 130-138 , 30 September 2010

Quality and correlates of specific self-esteem at the beginning stabilisation phase of schizophrenia

  • Andreas Wittorf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osiander Strasse 24, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 7071 298 2330; fax: +49 7071 29 4141.
    • ,
  • Georg Wiedemann

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Center Fulda, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Fulda, Germany
    • ,
  • Gerhard Buchkremer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osiander Strasse 24, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Stefan Klingberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osiander Strasse 24, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany

Received 22 October 2008 ,Revised 19 February 2009 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

References 

  1. Antonovsky A. A call for a new question–salutogenesis–and a proposed answer–the sense of coherence. Journal of Preventive Psychiatry. 1984;2:1–13
  2. Barrowclough C, Tarrier N, Humphreys L, Ward J, Gregg L, Andrews B. Self-esteem in schizophrenia: relationships between self-evaluation, family attitudes, and symptomatology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2003;112:92–99
  3. Bednar RL, Peterson SR. Self-esteem: paradoxes and innovations in clinical theory and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association; 1995;
  4. Bell M, Fiszdon J, Richardson R, Lysaker P, Bryson G. Are self-reports valid for schizophrenia patients with poor insight? Relationship of unawareness of illness to psychological self-report instruments. Psychiatry Research. 2007;151:37–46
  5. Bentall RP, Corcoran R, Howard R, Blackwood N, Kinderman P. Persecutory delusions: a review and theoretical integration. Clinical Psychology Review. 2001;21:1143–1192
  6. Bergstein M, Weizman A, Solomon Z. Sense of coherence among delusional patients: prediction of remission and risk of relapse. Comprehensive Psychiatry,. 2008;49:288–296
  7. Bentall RP, Rouse G, Kinderman P, Blackwood N, Howard R, Moore R, et al. Paranoid delusions in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and depression: the transdiagnostic role of expectations of negative events and negative self-esteem. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2008;196:375–383
  8. Bradshaw W, Brekke JS. Subjective experience in schizophrenia: factors influencing self-esteem, satisfaction with life, and subjective distress. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 1999;69:254–260
  9. Brekke JS, Kohrt B, Green MF. Neuropsychological functioning as a moderator of the relationship between psychosocial functioning and the subjective experience of self and life in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2001;27:697–708
  10. Brown GW, Bifulco A, Andrews B. Self-esteem and depression. IV. Effect on course and recovery. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 1990;25:244–249
  11. Brown GW, Bifulco A, Veiel HO, Andrews B. Self-esteem and depression. II. Social correlates of self-esteem. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 1990;25:225–234
  12. Crocker J, Wolfe CT. Contingencies of self-worth. Psychological Review. 2001;108:593–623
  13. Davis JM. Dose equivalence of the antipsychotic drugs. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 1974;11:65–69
  14. Deusinger IM. Die Frankfurter Selbstkonzeptskalen (FSKN). Göttingen: Hogrefe; 1986;
  15. Eklund M, Backstrom M, Hansson L. Personality and self-variables: important determinants of subjective quality of life in schizophrenia out-patients. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2003;108:134–143
  16. Emler N. Self-esteem: The costs and causes of low self-worth. York Publishing Services; 2001;
  17. Freeman D, Garety P, Fowler D, Kuipers E, Dunn G, Bebbington P, et al. The London–East Anglia randomized controlled trial of cognitive–behaviour therapy for psychosis. IV: self-esteem and persecutory delusions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 1998;37:415–430
  18. Fung KM, Tsang HW, Corrigan PW. Self-stigma of people with schizophrenia as predictor of their adherence to psychosocial treatment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 2008;32:95–104
  19. Garety P, Kuipers E, Fowler D, Freeman D, Bebbington PE. A cognitive model of the positive symptoms of psychosis. Psychological Medicine. 2001;31:189–195
  20. Goldberg TE, Gold JM. Neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia. In:  Hirsch S,  Weinberger DR editor. Schizophrenia. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 1995;p. 146–162
  21. Gumley A, Karatzias A, Power K, Reilly J, McNay L, O Grady M. Early intervention for relapse in schizophrenia: impact of cognitive behavioural therapy on negative beliefs about psychosis and self-esteem. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2006;45:247–260
  22. Heaton RK, Chelune GJ, Talley JL, Kay GG, Curtiss G. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Manual. revised and expanded. Odessa, Florida: Psychological Assessment Resources; 1993;
  23. Heinrichs RW, Zakzanis KK. Neurocognitive deficit in schizophrenia: a quantitative review of the evidence. Neuropsychology. 1998;12:426–445
  24. Heubrock D. Der Auditiv-Verbale Lerntest (AVLT) in der klinischen und experimentellen Neuropsychologie. Durchführung, Auswertung und Forschungsergebnisse. Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie. 1992;3:161–174
  25. Hooley JM, Orley J, Teasdale JD. Levels of expressed emotion and relapse in depressed patients. British Journal of Psychiatry,. 1986;148:642–647
  26. Horn, W., 1983. Leistungsprüfsystem. LPS. Göttingen, Hogrefe.
  27. Humphreys L, Barrowclough C. Attributional style, defensive functioning and persecutory delusions: symptom-specific or general coping strategy?. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2006;45:231–246
  28. Karatzias T, Gumley A, Power K, O Grady M. Illness appraisals and self-esteem as correlates of anxiety and affective comorbid disorders in schizophrenia. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2007;48:371–375
  29. Karow A, Moritz S, Lambert M, Schoder S, Krausz M. PANSS syndromes and quality of life in schizophrenia. Psychopathology. 2005;38:320–326
  30. Kay SR, Fiszbein A, Opler LA. The positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 1987;13:261–276
  31. Kendler KS, Gardner CO, Prescott CA. A population-based twin study of self-esteem and gender. Psychological Medicine. 1998;28:1403–1409
  32. Kinderman P. Attentional bias, persecutory delusions and the self-concept. British Journal of Medical Psychology. 1994;67:53–66
  33. Kinderman P, Bentall RP. Self-discrepancies and persecutory delusions: evidence for a model of paranoid ideation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1996;105:106–113
  34. Klingberg S, Wittorf A, Wiedemann G. Disorganization and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: independent symptom dimensions?. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2006;256:532–540
  35. Krstev H, Jackson H, Maude D. An investigation of attributional style in first-episode psychosis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 1999;38:181–194
  36. Kunikata H, Mino Y, Nakajima K. Quality of life of schizophrenic patients living in the community: the relationships with personal characteristics, objective indicators and self-esteem. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2005;59:163–169
  37. Leary J, Johnstone EC, Owen DGC. Social outcome. British Journal of Psychiatry. 1991;159(Suppl. 13):13–20
  38. Lecomte T, Cyr M, Lesage AD, Wilde J, Leclerc C, Ricard N. Efficacy of a self-esteem module in the empowerment of individuals with schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 1999;187:406–413
  39. Lehrl, S., 1992. Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatz-Intelligenztest (MWT-B). Nürnberg, Perimed-spitta.
  40. Lysaker PH, Roe D, Yanos PT. Toward understanding the insight paradox: internalized stigma moderates the association between insight and social functioning, hope, and self-esteem among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2007;33:192–199
  41. Lysaker PH, Buck KD, Taylor AC, Roe D. Associations of metacognition and internalized stigma with quantitative assessments of self-experience in narratives of schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. 2008;157:31–38
  42. Markowitz FE. Modeling processes in recovery from mental illness: relationships between symptoms, life satisfaction, and self-concept. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 2001;42:64–79
  43. Meyers JE, Meyers KR. Rey Complex Figure Test and Recognition Trial. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources; 1995;Professional Manual
  44. Mintz AR, Dobson KS, Romney DM. Insight in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research. 2003;61:75–88
  45. Mueser KT, Yarnold PR, Rosenberg SD, Swett C, Miles KM, Hill D. Substance use disorder in hospitalized severely mentally ill psychiatric patients: prevalence, correlates, and subgroups. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2000;26:179–192
  46. Müller, P., 1999. Therapie der Schizophrenie. Integrative Behandlung in Klinik, Praxis und Rehabilitation. Stuttgart, Thieme.
  47. Nuechterlein, K.H., Asarnow, R.F., 1996. Continuous Performance Test (CPT). Program for IBM Compatible Microcomputers. Version 7.10. Los Angeles, CA.
  48. O'Neill ES, Morrow LL. The symptom experience of women with chronic illness. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2001;33:257–268
  49. Raffard S, D Argembeau A, Bayard S, Boulenger JP, Van der Linden M. Exploring self-defining memories in schizophrenia. Memory. 2009;17:26–38
  50. Reitan RM. Trail Making Test. South Tucson, Arizona: Reitan Neuropsychology Laboratory; 1992;
  51. Ritsner MS, Blumenkrantz H. Predicting domain-specific insight of schizophrenia patients from symptomatology, multiple neurcognitive functions, and personality related traits. Psychiatry Research. 2007;149:59–69
  52. Roberts G. Delusional belief systems and meaning in life: a preferred reality?. British Journal of Psychiatry. 1991;159(suppl. 14):19–28
  53. Roe D. A prospective study on the relationship between self-esteem and functioning during the first year after being hospitalized for psychosis. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2003;191:45–49
  54. Rosenberg M, Schooler C, Schoenbach C, Rosenberg F. Global self-esteem and specific self-esteem: different concepts, different outcomes. American Sociological Review. 1995;60:141–156
  55. Shahar G, Davidson L. Depressive symptoms erode self-esteem in severe mental illness: a three-wave, cross-lagged study. Jouranl of Consultant and Clinical Psychology. 2003;71:890–900
  56. Silverstone PH. Low self-esteem in different psychiatric conditions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 1991;30:185–188
  57. Simpson G, Angus J. A rating scale for extrapyramidal side effects. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 1970;212:11–19
  58. Skodalar B, Tomori M, Parnas J. Subjective experience and suicidal ideation in schizophrenia. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2008;49:482–488
  59. Smith B, Fowler DG, Freeman D, Bebbington P, Bashforth H, Garety P, et al. Emotion and psychosis: links between depression, self-esteem, negative schematic beliefs and delusions and hallucinations. Schizophrenia Research. 2006;86:181–188
  60. Sorgaard KW, Heikkila J, Hansson L, Vinding HR, Bjarnason O, Bengtsson Tops A. Self-esteem in persons with schizophrenia: a Nordic multicentre study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2002;11:405–415
  61. Tewes, U., 1994. HAWIE-R. Hamburg-Wechsler Intelligenztest für Erwachsene. Revision 1991. Bern, Huber.
  62. Thornicroft G, Tansella M, Becker M, Knapp M, Leese M, Schene A. The personal impact of schizophrenia in Europe. Schizophrenia Research. 2004;69:125–132
  63. Thorup A, Petersen L, Jeppesen P, Ohlenschlaeger J, Christensen T, Krarup G, et al. Gender differences in young adults with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders at baseline in the Danish OPUS study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2007;195:396–405
  64. Tsang HW, Fung KM, Corrigan PW. Psychosocial and socio-demographic correlates of medication compliance among people with schizophrenia. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 2009;40:3–14
  65. Vauth R, Kleim B, Wirtz M, Corrigan PW. Self-efficacy and empowerment as outcomes of self-stigmatizing and coping in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. 2007;150:71–80
  66. Warner R, Taylor D, Powers M, Hyman R. Acceptance of the mental illness label by psychotic patients: effects on functioning. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 1989;59:389–409
  67. Weickert TW, Goldberg TE, Gold JM, Bigelow LB, Egan MF, Weinberger DR. Cognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia displaying preserved and compromised intellect. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2000;57:907–913
  68. Weisman AG, Nuechterlein KH, Goldstein MJ, Snyder KS. Expressed emotion, attributions, and schizophrenia symptom dimensions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1998;107:355–359
  69. Wittchen, H.U., Zaudig, M., Fydrich, T., 1997. SKID. Strukturiertes Klinisches Interview für DSM-IV. Achse I und II. Göttingen, Hogrefe.
  70. Wittorf A, Wiedemann G, Buchkremer G, Klingberg S. Prediction of community outcome in schizophrenia in schizophrenia 1 year after discharge from inpatient treatment. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 2008;258:48–58

PII: S0165-1781(09)00124-3

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.024

Psychiatry Research
Volume 179, Issue 2 , Pages 130-138 , 30 September 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution