Objective
To explore the relationship of self-efficacy and coping styles with parenting styles in patients with schizophrenia, and provide the theory and practical basis for family-interventions of rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia.
Methods
From January to June 2015, General Self- Efficacy Scale, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and Egma Minnen av Bardndosnauppforstran were used to evaluate 60 inpatients with schizophrenia and in good rehabilitation in a grade A tertiary general hospital.
Results
The scores of self-efficacy, parental emotional warmth and father’s over protection were lower in patients with schizophrenia than the norms (P<0.01). The scores of parental punishment and rejection and father’s over intervention were higher in patients with schizophrenia than the norms (P<0.01). In patients with schizophrenia, the active coping domain was positively correlated to parental emotion warmth (P<0.05); the negative coping domain was positively correlated to parental rejection, father’s over protection and mother’s over intervention (P<0.05); self-efficacy was positively correlated to father’s emotion warmth and preference of parents (P<0.05).
Conclusions
Active family-interventions is important in the rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia. The parents should be instructed to correctly educate the children, to improve the patients’ general self-efficacy, and help the patients successfully solve the problem with good coping style.
