Impact of Internalized Stigma, Anger Expression Style, and Mental Health Service Satisfaction on Self-esteem in Inpatients with Schizophrenia.

Lee,  Jae Woon; Park,  Hyun Sook

doi:2017.26.2.143

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 26(2); 2017 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2017;26(2):143-150.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2017.26.2.143 Published online August 2, 2017.

Impact of Internalized Stigma, Anger Expression Style, and Mental Health Service Satisfaction on Self-esteem in Inpatients with Schizophrenia.

Jae Woon Lee, Hyun Sook Park

¹Department of Nursing, Bugok National Mental Hospital, Changnyeong, Korea. jungnamguy@hanmail.net
²College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was performed to identify how internalized stigma, anger expression style, and mental health service satisfaction impact on the self-esteem of inpatients with schizophrenia. METHODS: For this descriptive correlational study, 191 inpatients with schizophrenia participated. They had been admitted to one of six mental hospitals in three areas of South Korea. Data were collected from August 1 to November 30, 2016 using self-report questionnaires and data were analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression with IBM SPSS 22.0. RESULTS: The significant predictors of self-esteem in inpatients with schizophrenia were internalized stigma, anger expression style, and mental health service satisfaction, explaining 36% of the variance in self-esteem. The most significant predictor of self-esteem in inpatients with schizophrenia was internalized stigma. CONCLUSION: Study findings suggest that a significant reduction in the internalized stigma of inpatients with schizophrenia increases their self-esteem. It is also, necessary to improve adaptive anger expression style and mental health service satisfaction.

Key Words: Schizophrenia; Self-esteem; Internalized stigma; Anger; Mental health service