| Abstract: | Explored the effect of the social setting upon the self-regard of chronic schizophrenics. It was hypothesized that self-regard is related to the degree to which a person is able to meet the demands and expectations of his social setting. 2 groups of comparable chronic schizophrenics were compared. Group 1 was hospitalized and Group 2 attended a day treatment center. Hilden's Q sort procedure was used to obtain a measure of self-regard. Results revealed that the hospitalized group had higher self-regard than the nonhospitalized group. The findings were interpreted as shedding more light on the importance of the situational variable in the development and maintenance of self-regard. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
