ID | 80838 |
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Kunikata, Hiroko
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences
Shiraishi, Yuko
School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki
Nakajima, Kazuo
Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University
Tanioka, Tetsuya
Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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Tomotake, Masahito
Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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Keywords | mental disorder
psychological comfortable space
self-esteem
social activity
ibasho
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Content Type |
Journal Article
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Description | The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a causal model of the sense of
having psychological comfortable space that is call ‘ibasho’ in Japanese and self-esteem in people with mental disorders who had difficulty in social activities. The subjects were 248 schizophrenia patients who were living in the community and receiving day care treatment. Data were collected from December 2007 to April 2009 using the Scale for the Sense of ibasho for persons with mentally ill (SSI) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and analyzed for cross-validation of construct validity by conducting covariance structure analysis. A relationship between the sense of having comfortable space and self-esteem was investigated. Multiple indicator models of the sense of having psychological comfortable space and self-esteem were evaluated using structural equation modeling. Furthermore, the SSI scores were compared between the high- and low-self-esteem groups. The path coefficient from the sense of having comfortable space to self-esteem was significant (0.80). High-self-esteem group scored significantly higher in the SSI subscales, ‘the sense of recognizing my true self’ and ‘the sense of recognizing deep personto- person relationships’ than the low-self-esteem group. It was suggested that in order to help people with mental disorders improve self-esteem, it might be useful to support them in a way they can enhance the sense of having comfortable space. |
Journal Title |
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
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ISSN | 13431420
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NCID | AA11166929
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Volume | 58
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Issue | 1-2
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Start Page | 56
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End Page | 62
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Sort Key | 56
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Published Date | 2011-02
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Remark | The journal of medical investigation : http://medical.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp/jmi/index.html
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language |
eng
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departments |
Medical Sciences
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