The correlation of resilience and coping style, subjective quality of life of young children of schizophrenia

Abstract

Objective To explore the correlation of resilience and coping style, subjective quality of life of young children of schizophrenia patients. Methods 120 adolescents whose parents were clearly diagnosed with schizophrenia were chosen for the study. They were ranked according their performances by Resilience Scale for Adolescents. 32 were classified into the group with high resilience and another 32 were assigned to the group with low resilience by applying the criteria that 27% of the sample size should be differentiated.Then, children in high-score group and low-score group were administered by Simple Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ) and Children's Subjective Quality of Life Questionnaire(ISLQ). Results Resilience score of research group were lower than those of normal high school students(P<0.05 or 0.01). The score and total score of SCSQ positive coping dimensionality of research group who had high resilience score were higher than those of low resilience score group(P<0.01); score of passive coping dimensionality were lower than those of low resilience score group(P<0.01). In addition to dimensionality of living environment, the score of dimensionality of cognitive and affective element and the total score of ISLQ of research group who had high resilience score were higher than those of low resilience score group. The total score of resilience was in significant by positive correlation with the total score of ISLQ, cognitive and affective element, the total score of SCSQ, the score of positive coping dimensionality.The total score of resilience was in negative correlation with the score of passive coping dimensionality(P<0.01); dimensionality of the target focus of resilience was not correlative with cognitive element of ISLQ, the score of negative coping dimensionality of SCSQ, scores of other dimensionality of resilience were in significant correlation with score of other dimensionality of ISLQ and SCSQ(P<0.01 or 0.05). Conclusion Young children of schizophrenia have poor resilience; research group who has high resilience score adopts more positive coping and has better subjective quality of life; resilience is positive correlation with positive coping and subjective quality of life. Key words: Schizophrenia; Children; Adolescent; Resilience; Coping style