ArticlePloS one2020
Basic self-disturbances are associated with Sense of Coherence in patients with psychotic disorders.
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- Basic Self-disorders Across Psychiatric Diagnoses and Risk Syndromes: An Updated Meta-analysis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and assessment of self-disorders in the schizophrenia spectrum: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Theoretical Perspectives on the Minimal and Narrative Self in the Schizophrenia Spectrum: An Integrative Review.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive sciencePooled it
- Transforming social media text into predictive tools for depression through AI: A test-case study on the Beck Depression Inventory-II.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Sense of coherence in bipolar disorder- a longitudinal study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Unraveling the power of sense of coherence: a key predictor of symptom severity among depressive disorders clients.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Basic self-disorders may play a role in the development of depression in schizophrenia: a seven-year follow-up study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Aggression, Alexithymia and Sense of Coherence in a Sample of Schizophrenic Outpatients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe Sense of Coherence (SOC) theory gives a possible explanation of how people can experience subjective good health despite severe illness. Basic self-disturbances (BSDs) are subtle non-psychotic disturbances that may destabilize the person's sense of self, identity, corporeality, and the overall 'grip' of the world.
aimOur objective was to investigate associations between BSDs and SOC in patients with psychotic disorders.
designThis is a cross-sectional study of 56 patients diagnosed with psychotic disorders inside and outside the schizophrenia spectrum (35 schizophrenia, 13 bipolar, and eight other psychoses). SOC was measured using Antonovsky's 13-item SOC questionnaire, and BSDs were assessed using the Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE) manual. Diagnosis, symptoms, and social and occupational performance were assessed using standardized clinical instruments.
resultsWe found a statistically significant correlation (r = ) between high levels of BSDs and low levels of SOC (r = -0.64/p<0.001). This association was not influenced by diagnostics, clinical symptoms or level of functioning in follow-up multivariate analyses.
conclusionA statistically significant association between BSDs and SOC indicates that the presence and level of self-disturbances may influence the person's ability to experience life as comprehensive, manageable and meaningful. However, the cross-sectional nature of the study precludes conclusions regarding the direction of this association.
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