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- Title
Cognitive functioning correlates of self-esteem and health locus of control in schizophrenia.
- Authors
Chien-Shu Wang; Jo Yung-Wei Wu; Wei-Chung Chang; Shu-Ping Chuang
- Abstract
Aim: The study aimed to investigate the relationship among sociodemographic factors, neurocognitive factors, self-esteem, and health locus of control in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. We examined the self-esteem, internal health locus of control, and external health locus of control through sociodemographic and neurocognitive factors. Methods: Forty-six schizophrenic patients and 31 healthy residents from the community or hospital were recruited as the control group. All subjects participated in the self-esteem questionnaire, health locus of control questionnaire, and a series of neuropychological measures. Results: Multiple regression analysis revealed that inhibition of attention and external health locus of control were predictors for self-esteem (r=-0.30, P,0.05; r=0.41, P,0.01); inhibition of attention and external health locus of control were contributors for internal health locus of control (r=-0.43, P,0.01; r=0.61, P,0.001); and education was related to external health locus of control (r=-0.31, P,0.05). Conclusion: The current study integrated background characteristics and cognitive function to better understand the impact of self-esteem and health locus of control in schizophrenia. The findings indicated that inhibition of attention, external health locus of control, and education contributed to self-esteem, internal health locus of control and external health locus of control. However, the overall predicted variance accounted for by these predictors was small; thus, further research is necessary to examine imperative variables related with self-esteem and health locus of control in schizophrenia.
- Subjects
SCHIZOPHRENIA; LOCUS of control; SELF-esteem; PERSONALITY; FIELD dependence (Psychology); SELF-control
- Publication
Neuropsychiatric Disease & Treatment, 2013, Vol 9, p1647
- ISSN
1176-6328
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/NDT.S51682