Abstract
Purpose: To examine health-promoting lifestyles mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in people with schizophrenia. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional exploratory study design was conducted. Two-hundred and seventy-three participants were administered demographic data, health-promoting lifestyle profile, Beck Depression Inventory II, and World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF. The Hayes PROCESS macro was employed to analyze data. Findings: The results showed self-actualization fully mediated the environmental domain of QOL, physical health, psychological health, and social relationships domains were partial mediation. Practice Implications: This study recommends that professionals reinforce persons’ self-actualization when the QOL is affected by depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 939-948 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Perspectives in Psychiatric Care |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- depressive symptoms
- health-promotion lifestyle
- quality of life
- schizophrenia
- self-actualization