Coping styles to basic disorders among schizophrenics

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Abstract
Coping efforts to subjectively experienced basic disorders were investigated by self‐report in 60 chronic schizophrenics in Japan, and the relationships to clinical and demographic variables, intelligence, personality, and attitude toward their illness were analyzed. Self‐reports on coping efforts were obtained for more than half of all subjectively experienced basic disorders, and the predominant technique was reported to be the approach oriented towards problem‐solving. Within each coping style, the behavioral change, divertive problem‐solving approach correlated negatively with hospitalization and symptoms, and the struggle, problem‐solving efforts without any effective results correlated positively with symptoms. Suggestions regarding integration of these self‐efforts into psychosocial treatment of schizophrenia are discussed.