CROSS ETHNIC STUDY OF SOCIOCENTRICITY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

本研究的主要目的是了解 文化在精神分裂症跨种族症状差异中的作用 更具体地说，这项研究将审查的性质和影响， 三个民族社会中心性的文化建构 被诊断为精神分裂症的人群。 具体目标是 本研究旨在回答以下问题：1）什么是 社会中心性对跨种族症状的中介作用 随着时间的不同？ 2)参与心理社会活动 随着时间的推移，康复会对中介模式产生影响吗？ 3)随着时间的推移，社会中心性是静态的还是动态的？（4） 参与心理社会康复会影响 社会中心主义？ 将对来自纵向准 一项实验研究项目， 社区护理和康复的三种模式， 精神分裂症患者。 样本包括164名个体 被诊断为精神分裂症的少数民族（非洲 美国人和拉丁美洲人）群体和非少数民族（白色）群体 在治疗条件下或治疗条件下对个体进行随访， 在基线和三年内每六个月进行一次访谈 期 Baron和Kenny（1986）提出的中介模型将 用于测试社会中心主义的跨种族调解影响 各时间点症状变量间的相关指标。 分层 线性建模（HLM; Bryk等人，（1994年）将用于检查 社会中心性与族群关系的变化曲线， 心理社会康复治疗协变量。 精神分裂症的跨种族研究，检查文化 纵向上没有做。 本研究将首先 纵向研究，以检查与以下方面有关的文化结构： 精神分裂症的跨种族症状差异 的结果 这项研究将提高该领域的社会中心性的知识， 文化建构及其与表达和治疗的关系 精神分裂症 这项研究将对 将文化纳入对这一人群的治疗方法， 以及研究与文化相关的服务。

The broad purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the role of culture in cross-ethnic symptom differences in schizophrenia. More specifically this study will examine the nature and influence of the cultural construct of sociocentricity over time among three ethnic groups of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia. The specific aim of this research is to answer the following questions: 1) What is the mediating influence of sociocentricity on cross-ethnic symptom difference over time? 2) Does participation in psychosocial rehabilitation have an influence on the mediational model over time? 3) How static or dynamic is sociocentricity over time? And 4) Does participation in psychosocial rehabilitation influence he level of sociocentricity? Analyses will be conducted on data from a longitudinal quasi- experimental research project that compared and evaluated the impact of three models of community based care and rehabilitation for persons with schizophrenia. The sample includes 164 individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia consisting of ethnic minority (African American and Latino) groups and a non-minority (White) group individuals were followed in or out of treatment conditions and interviewed at baseline and at every six months over a three year period. A mediational model as advocated by Baron and Kenny (1986) will be used to test the cross ethnic mediation influence of sociocentric indicators among symptom variable at every time point. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM; Bryk, et al., 1994) will be used to examine the change curve of sociocentricity in relation to ethnic group and psychosocial rehabilitation treatment covariates. Cross-ethnic studies on schizophrenia that examine culture longitudinally have not been done. This study will be the first longitudinal research to examine a cultural construct in relation to cross-ethnic symptom differences in schizophrenia. The results of this study will enhance the field's knowledge of sociocentricity as a cultural construct and its relationship to the expression and treatment of schizophrenia. This research will have implications for the incorporation of culture in treatment approaches with this population, and for research of culturally relevant services.