1 Department of Psychology, Cyprus International University, Lefkosa, Cyprus.
2 Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2019 May;65(3):252-261. doi: 10.1177/0020764019840061. Epub 2019 Apr 3.
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that strongly affects not only the patients with schizophrenia, but also their families and close relatives. So far, family research on patients with schizophrenia has mainly focused on parents, but has neglected siblings.
This study aims to evaluate the well-being of 103 siblings of patients with schizophrenia within the Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Coping and Stress Model.
A Sociodemographic Information Form, Subjective Well-being Scale, Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale, Ways of Coping Scale and Shortened Perceived Parental Rearing Styles Form were administered to the siblings of patients with schizophrenia.
The results of this study revealed that well-being was associated with perceived mother overprotection, perceived social support, problem-focused coping and indirect coping. Social support moderated the relationship between burden and well-being as a buffering factor.
Therefore, siblings of patients with schizophrenia should be given access to social support and their problem-focused coping strategies should be strengthened. Besides, parents should be supported to provide suitable care for the siblings of patients with schizophrenia.
精神分裂症是一种慢性精神疾病，不仅严重影响精神分裂症患者，还会影响他们的家庭和近亲。迄今为止，精神分裂症患者的家庭研究主要集中在父母，但忽视了兄弟姐妹。
本研究旨在评估 103 名精神分裂症患者兄弟姐妹的幸福感，基于 Lazarus 和 Folkman 的应对与压力的交互作用模型。
本研究采用一般资料调查表、主观幸福感量表、照顾者负担量表、多维感知社会支持量表、应对方式量表和简式父母教养方式问卷对精神分裂症患者的兄弟姐妹进行评估。
研究结果表明，幸福感与感知到的母亲过度保护、感知到的社会支持、问题聚焦应对和间接应对有关。社会支持作为缓冲因素调节了负担和幸福感之间的关系。
因此，应向精神分裂症患者的兄弟姐妹提供社会支持，并加强他们的问题聚焦应对策略。此外，应支持父母为精神分裂症患者的兄弟姐妹提供适当的照顾。
