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Social Support, Insight, and Treatment Engagement in Individuals with Psychosis

Ward, Madeline
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-8719
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712321414821475

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2024, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Lack of insight in psychosis has been associated with poor treatment engagement and involuntary hospitalization and is considered a core feature of psychotic disorders. One factor that may improve treatment engagement in psychosis, perhaps for individuals with low insight, is the presence of social support. Social support may improve well-being in psychosis by mitigating adverse effects of life stressors and improving treatment engagement, however, the relationships between insight, social support, and treatment engagement are not clear. We hypothesized that greater insight and social support would result in better treatment engagement. Second, we hypothesized that greater social support would enhance treatment engagement for individuals with low insight. Results did not support a relationship between insight and treatment engagement, thus social support did not moderate a relationship between the two. We discuss explanations for these findings, including limitations of the insight measure for this sample and the impact of barriers to treatment.
Sarah Hope Lincoln, PhD (Committee Chair)
Norah Feeny, PhD (Committee Member)
James Overholser, PhD (Committee Member)
54 p.
Clinical Psychology; Health Care; Psychology
psychosis, treatment engagement, social support, insight, treatment barriers

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  • Ward, M. (2024). Social Support, Insight, and Treatment Engagement in Individuals with Psychosis [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712321414821475

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ward, Madeline. Social Support, Insight, and Treatment Engagement in Individuals with Psychosis. 2024. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712321414821475.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ward, Madeline. "Social Support, Insight, and Treatment Engagement in Individuals with Psychosis." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712321414821475

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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