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ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2019

Clarifying pathways to poor psychological health: The mediating role of psychosocial factors in the relationship between general psychopathology and quality of life impairment in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Jianlin Liu, Edimansyah Abdin, Swapna Verma, Kang Sim, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam

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Article in Journal of clinical psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jianlin LiuResearch Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0981-0643
Edimansyah AbdinResearch Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore.
Swapna VermaDepartment of Early Psychosis Intervention, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore.
Kang SimResearch Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore.
Siow Ann ChongResearch Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore.
Mythily SubramaniamResearch Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore.
Institute of Mental Health · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe present study examines the latent factor structure of general psychopathology and investigates the mediating role of unmet psychosocial concerns, motivation, and medication side effects in the relationship between general psychopathology and quality of life (QOL) impairment in patients with schizophrenia.

methodsA total of 251 patients completed self-report measures of unmet psychosocial concerns, motivation, medication side effects, and physical/mental QOL impairment. The severity of schizophrenia was assessed on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.

resultsExploratory factor analysis revealed one latent factor (emotional distress) of general psychopathology. Mediation path analyses controlling for confounding variables revealed significant indirect effects of unmet psychosocial concerns, motivation, and medication side effects on emotional distress and physical/mental QOL impairment.

conclusionsOur findings suggest that identifying optimal methods of managing co-occurring emotional distress as well as secondary psychosocial factors on psychological health may improve QOL among patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsPsychological DistressQuality of LifeSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedemotional distressmediationpsychopathologyquality of lifeschizophrenia

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PMID30671966
PMCPMC6563093
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