TY - JOUR
T1 - Social and clinical factors influencing the choice of coping strategies in relatives of patients with schizophrenia
T2 - Results of the BIOMED I study
AU - Magliano, L.
AU - Fadden, G.
AU - Economou, M.
AU - Xavier, Miguel
AU - Held, T.
AU - Guarneri, M.
AU - Marasco, C.
AU - Tosini, P.
AU - Maj, M.
PY - 1998/9
Y1 - 1998/9
N2 - The impact of social and clinical factors on the choice of coping strategies of a sample of 236 relatives of patients with schizophrenia, living in five European countries, was explored using well-validated questionnaires. The adoption of problem-focused coping strategies was more frequent among young relatives and among relatives of younger patients, and was associated with higher levels of practical and emotional social support and of professional help. In contrast, emotion-focused strategies were more frequently adopted by relatives who had been living longer with the patient and who had poorer social support. It is suggested that supportive and educational interventions should be provided as early as possible to relatives of patients with schizophrenia, which, in addition to having a practical focus, should also have a social focus, aiming at extending the family's social network.
AB - The impact of social and clinical factors on the choice of coping strategies of a sample of 236 relatives of patients with schizophrenia, living in five European countries, was explored using well-validated questionnaires. The adoption of problem-focused coping strategies was more frequent among young relatives and among relatives of younger patients, and was associated with higher levels of practical and emotional social support and of professional help. In contrast, emotion-focused strategies were more frequently adopted by relatives who had been living longer with the patient and who had poorer social support. It is suggested that supportive and educational interventions should be provided as early as possible to relatives of patients with schizophrenia, which, in addition to having a practical focus, should also have a social focus, aiming at extending the family's social network.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031667095&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s001270050074
DO - 10.1007/s001270050074
M3 - Article
C2 - 9766167
AN - SCOPUS:0031667095
VL - 33
SP - 413
EP - 419
JO - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
JF - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
SN - 0933-7954
IS - 9
ER -