Interpersonal distances, coping strategies and psychopathology in patients with depression and schizophrenia

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World J Psychiatr. Sep 22, 2013; 3(3): 74-84
Published online Sep 22, 2013. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v3.i3.74

Table 3 Significant Pearson correlations between comfortable interpersonal distance and specific symptoms measures

Symptoms	Distance from
	Family members	Significant others	Self-images	Neutral persons	Threat-related persons
Schizophrenia sample (n = 51)
PANSS items:
Conceptual disorganization		-0.32^a		-0.30^a
Excitement					0.35^b
Suspiciousness/persecution					0.26^a
Anxiety					0.27^a
Guilt feelings			0.28^a
Tension					0.33^a
Motor retardation					0.34^a
Lack of judgment and insight					-0.34^b
Depression sample (n = 70)
BDI items:
Sadness		0.28^a	0.40^b
Guilt		0.26^a	0.28^a	0.29^a
Self-dislike		0.44^d	0.32^b	0.30^b	0.30^b
Self-harm			0.28^a
Social withdrawal	0.26^a	0.40^b		0.41^b
Indecisiveness			0.23^a
Self-image change		0.28^a	0.24^a	0.32^b
Work difficulty			0.23^a
Fatigability			0.23^a

PANSS: Positive and negative syndrome scale (Kay et al[47]); BDI: Beck depression inventory (Beck et al[48]). Comfortable interpersonal distance vs specific symptoms measures:

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01.

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Citation: Ponizovsky AM, Finkelstein I, Poliakova I, Mostovoy D, Goldberger N, Rosca P. Interpersonal distances, coping strategies and psychopathology in patients with depression and schizophrenia. World J Psychiatr 2013; 3(3): 74-84
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Ponizovsky AM, Finkelstein I, Poliakova I, Mostovoy D, Goldberger N, Rosca P. Interpersonal distances, coping strategies and psychopathology in patients with depression and schizophrenia. World J Psychiatr 2013; 3(3): 74-84 [PMID: 24255879 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v3.i3.74]

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