Role of Self-Compassion in Life Satisfaction Among Patients with Schizophrenia

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1 Clinical instructor at Technical Institute of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

2 Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

3 Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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Background: Life satisfaction is a key idea in positive psychology that helps people with schizophrenia function better and live better lives. Patients with schizophrenia seem to have higher levels of life satisfaction when they practice self compassion. They may perform better, have less psychopathology, and achieve higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness if they have higher degrees of self-compassion. Aim of the study: This study aimed to evaluate the role of self-compassion in life satisfaction among patients with schizophrenia. Subjects and method: Research design: Cross sectional descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at the outpatient clinics of psychiatric and mental health hospital at Benha City, Qalyubia governorate, Egypt. Subjects: A purposive sample of 120 schizophrenic patients. Tools of data collection: three tools were used to collect the data. Tool I Structured Interview Questionnaire, which composed of Socio-demographic and clinical data, Tool II: The Neff`s Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), Tool III:  Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS). Results: The study findings demonstrated that more than half of Schizophrenic patients had low level of self-compassion and the majority of them had low level of total life satisfaction. Conclusion: Patients' self-compassion score was highly significant positive predictor for total life satisfaction score. Recommendations: Encourage the use of the mindful self-compassion (MSC) intervention in the normal treatment and rehabilitation program for patients with schizophrenia in hospitals. Additionally, use random samples from hospitals in other Egyptian cities in order to extrapolate the study's results.

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