Does religious faith contribute to the preservation of personal value system in patients with schizophrenia? an empirical research.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As demonstrated in previous research and clinical observations, the personal value system is subject to disintegration as a consequence of schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia are sometimes religious and use religious coping mechanisms. A number of studies emphasize the benefits of positive religious coping as a part of clinical treatment for patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. However, the contribution of these patients' religious faith to the structure and composition of their personal value systems remains unexplored. The present study attempts to answer this question.

Method

The factorial design (2x2) included two conditionally independent variables: mental illness (absent/present) and religious faith (absent/present). We sampled

SUBMITTER: Dvoinin AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12009826 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature