TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hesse, Klaus
A1  - Kriston, Levente
A1  - Wittorf, Andreas
A1  - Herrlich, Jutta
A1  - Wölwer, Wolfgang
A1  - Klingberg, Stefan
T1  - Longitudinal relations between symptoms, neurocognition, and self-concept in schizophrenia
T2  - Frontiers in psychology
N2  - Objective: Cognitive models suggest that the self-concept of persons with psychosis can be fundamentally affected. Self-concepts were found to be related to different symptom domains when measured concurrently. Longitudinal investigations to disentangle the possible causal associations are rare.
Method: We examined a sample of 160 people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who took part in a psychotherapy study. All participants had the DSM-IV diagnosis of a schizophrenia and pronounced negative symptoms. Neurocognition, symptoms, and self-concepts were assessed at two time points 12 months apart. Structural equation modeling was used to test whether symptoms influence self-concepts (scar-model) or self-concepts affect symptoms (vulnerability model).
Results: Negative symptoms correlated concurrently with self-concepts. Neurocognitive deficits are associated with more negative self-concepts 12 months later. Interpersonal self-concepts were found to be relevant for paranoia.
Conclusion: The findings implicate that if deficits in neurocognition are present, fostering a positive self-concept should be an issue in therapy. Negative interpersonal self-concept indicates an increased risk for paranoid delusions in the course of 1 year. New aspects for cognitive models in schizophrenia and clinical implications are discussed.
KW  - cognitive models
KW  - structural equation modeling
KW  - self-esteem
KW  - psychological model
KW  - self-schema
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51803
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-518033
N1  - Copyright © 2015 Hesse, Kriston, Wittorf, Herrlich, Wölwer and Klingberg. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
VL  - 6
IS  - 917
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -