Publication | |
Author(s) | Packer, S.; Cohen, S.; Husted, J. |
Title | Psychopathology and Quality of Life in Schizophrenia. |
Source | Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 1997, Vol. 22, 231 - 234 |
Investigation | |
Public | 18-40 aged, schizophrenics, Canada,199? |
Mean age 30.3; 60 % males, 40 % females. 73 % living in private house or appartment, the remainder in a group home, boarding home, or halfway house. | |
Year of data gathering not reported | |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
10 subjects were recruited from each of 4 programs: 3 community-based rehabilitation programs and a hospital clic giving standard treatment of medication and counseling | |
Respondents N = | 40 |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview: How do you feel about your life as a whole......? 7 delighted 6 pleased 5 mostly satisfied 4 mixed 3 mostly dissatisfied 2 unhappy 1 terrible Summation: arithmetic mean Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version) Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction' |
Classification | O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a |
Author's label | global life satisfaction |
Page in publication | 232 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
Author's label | Our subject description | |
Age | show | Current age (in years) |
Depressive mood | show | Depressive (f31-33) |
Education | show | Current education |
Gender | show | Sex (male vs female) |
Living situation | show | Current household-composition |
Marital status | show | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
Psychopathology | show | Current general mental health |