Abstract
Empowerment denotes a sense of personal competence which is considered an essential requisite of fair outcome in schizophrenia. The current study assessed empowerment along with other relevant variables in patients with schizophrenia and a comparison group. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis identified independent living skills survey score and perceived social support as predicting empowerment in patients with schizophrenia, suggesting a correlational relationship. Empowerment could be a treatment goal in schizophrenia and independent living skills as well as perceived social support could be the mediating factors.
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Jana, A.K., Ram, D. & Praharaj, S.K. Empowerment and its Associations in Schizophrenia: A Cross-sectional Study. Community Ment Health J 50, 697–701 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9729-4
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