Abstract:
The purposes of this descriptive correlation study were to examine the level perceived stigma and to study the relationships between positive negative symptoms, self-efficacy, hope, self-esteem, social adjustment, social support, satisfaction perceived stigma of schizophrenic patients. The subjects were 120 out patients with schizophrenia at Srithanya Hospital and Chachoengsao Hospital. They were selected by simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by using the Demographic Data Form, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Self-Efficacy scale, Hope scale, Rosenberg Self Esteem scale, Katz Adjustment scale, Social Support Questionnaire, and Consumer Experiences of Stigma Questionnaire (CESQ). The instruments were tested for content validity by a panel of experts. They demonstrated acceptable reliability with Cronbachs alphas at .72 .92 .94 .74 .86 .76 .98 and .80 respectively Statistical technique used in data analysis were descriptive statistics and Pearsons product-moment correction. Major findings of this study were as follows: 1 Mean score of adherence to Perceived stigma of schizophrenic patients was at moderate level (X̅ = 50.52, SD = 11.71) 2 Adequacy of self-efficacy, hope, social support of control were negative and significantly related to Perceived stigma of schizophrenic patients, at.05 level. (r= -.405, -.398, -.383 spectively.) 3 Positive negative symptom, self-esteem, social adjustment, was not significantly related to Perceived stigma of schizophrenic patients.