Investigation of the relationship between the negative automatic thoughts of patients with schizophrenia and their levels of social functionality

Şahin Altun Ö., Özer D., Bulut R., Şahin F.

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, cilt.58, sa.4, ss.1819-1825, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 58 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ppc.12994
  • Dergi Adı: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1819-1825
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: functionality, negative automatic thought, psychiatric nursing, schizophrenia, CHILE
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLCAim: This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between the negative automatic thoughts of patients with schizophrenia and their levels of social functionality. Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted 142 patients with schizophrenia. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Negative Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (NATQ) and Social Functioning Assessment Scale (SFAS). Findings: There was a strong negative correlation between the mean scores obtained from the overall NATQ and SFAS. In addition, negative automatic thoughts of the patients with schizophrenia had a negative effect of 47.2% on their social functionality. Practice Implications: It was found that the patients had moderate levels negative automatic thoughts and social functionality; and that their negative automatic thoughts affected their social functionality negatively.