Application of cognitive restructuring therapy for improving coping style and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia

Pages: 591-594
Archana Kumari Das and Masroor Jahan (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand)

The basic assumption underlying in Cognitive Restructure Therapy is that cognitive factors (e.g., beliefs, attitudes, perceptions) influence people’s emotions and behavior. In other words, it is not an event per se that determines what individuals feel, but rather their perception of the situation. Cognitive Restructure theory has been empirically validated in hundreds of cognitive science studies, and the therapy itself has been demonstrated to be effective in hundreds of randomized controlled trials for a wide variety of psychiatric disorders, psychological problems, and medical conditions with psychological components (Beck, 2005). Five patient diagnosed with Schizophrenia at least 2 years of history were chosen from different inpatient department of RINPAS, Kanke using the simple random sampling technique. After taking informed consent from the patient, socio-demographic and Quality of Life Scale and Coping Style Questionnaire were administered. All the five patients were assessed in pre-level and then after intervention of 18 sessions, they were assessed at post-level. Data was analyzed with the help of Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for statistical analysis. Results show significant differences (0.01) in these areas such as Physical Health, Physical quality of life, Social relationship, Environmental quality of life. The results also shows significant differences found in these areas i.e. Positive Reinterpretation and Growth, Mental Disengagement, Focus on and Venting of Emotion, Use of instrumental support, Religious support, Humor coping, Behavioural disengagement, Restrained, Use of emotional Social Support, Acceptance and Planning. The changes in overall quality of life impacted changes coping due to using Cognitive Restructure Therapy.