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

Table 4 Multiple regression models for predicting the severity of general psychopathology¹ in patients with schizophrenia and current depressive symptoms in patients with depression by regulation strategies

Predictor variables	Schizophrenia1				Depression2
	β	t value(β= 0)	P value	Total% varianceaccounting for	β	t value(β= 0)	P value	Total% varianceaccounting for
Interpersonal distances3 from
Family members	0.22	7.3	0.007	7.1	0.28	6.8	0.011	9.5
Hostile images	0.29	12.7	< 0.001	11.8	0.01	1.8	--	--
Neutral people	0.04	0.15	0.148	--	0.23	9.1	0.012	6
Self-images	-0.06	0.35	0.179	--	0.32	7.5	< 0.001	13.4
Significant others	-0.05	1.3	0.091	--	--	6.2	0.017	8.7
Model properties	R2 = 0.48, adjusted R2 = 0.36, F = 4.2, P < .001				R2 = 0.54, adjusted R2 = 0.37, F = 5.7, P < 0.001
Coping patterns4
Task-oriented	-0.31	6.1	0.016	8.8	-0.17	2.8	0.009	4.2
Emotion-oriented	0.23	5.4	0.025	7.2	0.11	4.7	0.032	7.2
Social diversion	0.17	2.8	0.097	--	-0.09	5.1	0.027	7.6
Model properties	R2 = 0.45, adjusted R2 = 0.34, F = 3.3, P < 0.001				R2 = 0.35, adjusted R2 = 0.23, F = 3.1, P = 0.002

¹PANSS: Positive and negative syndrome scale (Kay et al[47]);

²BDI: Beck depression inventory (Beck et al[48]);

³CID: Comfortable interpersonal distance;

⁴CISS: Coping inventory for stressful situations.