Loneliness in schizophrenia: Construct clarification, measurement, and clinical relevance.

ABSTRACT: Loneliness is a highly prevalent experience in schizophrenia. Theoretical models developed in the general population propose that loneliness is tantamount to a feeling of being unsafe, is accompanied by enhanced environmental threat perception, and leads to poor physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning. Previous research has reported that loneliness is associated with poorer physical and emotional health in schizophrenia; however, few studies have directly compared loneliness and its correlates in persons with schizophrenia and non-psychiatric comparison subjects. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate similarities and differences in the construct of loneliness, the equivalency of the measurement of this construct, and similarities and differences in the pattern of external

SUBMITTER: Eglit GML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5863980 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature