Relation between Resilience and Life Satisfaction among Schizophrenic Patients | ||||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 2, Issue 2, July 2021, Page 225-240 PDF (2 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.186456 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amira Atef Mokhtar* ; Mawaheb Mahmoud Zaki; Mona Mohamed Abdel-Aziz | ||||
| Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorders characterized by sever cognitive impairments that affect patient's ability to cope with stress and therefore, lower resilience and life satisfaction. Aim of the study: Was to investigate the relation between resilience and life satisfaction among schizophrenic patients. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Psychiatric and Mental Health Hospital in Benha City, Qalubia Governorate. Sample: A purposive sample consisted of 100 schizophrenic patients from the previous study setting. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection. Tool 1- structured interview questionnaire was used to collect data about socio demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied sample. Tool (2):- The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) to assess reference values for resilience in clinical samples. Tool (3):- Satisfaction with Life Scale was used to measure life satisfaction among the studied sample. Results: More than three quarters of the studied patients had low level of total resilience and the majority of the studied patients had low level of total life satisfaction and there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total resilience and total life satisfaction. Conclusion: In ability of schizophrenic patients to deal with stressors are prone to have low resilience that in turn lowers patient's life satisfaction. Recommendations: Psycho-educational training program should be developed to improve resilience and life satisfaction among schizophrenic patients. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Key words: Schizophrenia; Resilience; Life satisfaction | ||||
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