Correlation between anxiety and personality in caregivers for patients with schizophrenia
| Autor: | Erdem Deveci, Ali Görkem Gençer, Ismet Kirpinar, Emel Koçer, Hüseyin Güleç, Enver Demirel Yilmaz, Özge Ünal |
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| Přispěvatelé: | DEVECİ, ERDEM |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Psychiatry and Mental health media_common.quotation_subject Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) Yilmaz E. D. DEVECİ E. Güleç H. Gençer A. G. Ünal Ö. Koçer E. Kirpinar I. -Correlation between anxiety and personality in caregivers for patients with schizophrenia- African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa) cilt.17 2014 medicine Anxiety Personality Temperament medicine.symptom Psychology media_common Clinical psychology |
| Popis: | © 2014 Yilmaz ED, et al.Objective: The objective of this study is to analyse the correlation between state and trait anxiety, depression and personality traits in caregivers of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Method: The study sample consists of care-givers of 34 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the DSM IV-TR criteria and 37 healthy voluntary subjects that are demographically matched. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAIX I-II) scales were applied to the subjects. Results: In this study, it has been found that STAIX-I and STAIX-II anxiety scores are higher among caregivers. The comparison between the groups has revealed that persistence (P) scores are higher in caregivers (P=0.036). A statistically significant correlation has been found between the STAIX -I score and harm avoidance (HA) (r=0.64, P |
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