Ruhsal Bozukluğu Nedeniyle Ayaktan İzlenen Hastaların Öz Şefkat Düzeyleri ve Stresle Başa Çıkma Tarzları Arasındaki İlişki

Yıl 2023, , 60 - 72, 01.03.2023

Ayşe Demirden , Gamze Sarıkoç

https://doi.org/10.52880/sagakaderg.1188314

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışma, ruhsal bozukluğu nedeniyle ayaktan izlenen hastaların öz şefkat düzeyleri ve stresle başa çıkma tarzları arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışma, Ankara’da Hacettepe Üniversitesi Erişkin Hastanesi psikiyatri polikliniğinde Aralık 2020- Nisan 2021 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmaya ruhsal bozukluğu nedeniyle ayaktan izlenen araştırma kriterlerini karşılayan ve araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 113 hasta dahil edilmiştir. Verilerin toplanmasında Hasta Veri Formu, Öz Duyarlılık (Öz şefkat) Ölçeği ve Stresle Başa Çıkma Tarzları Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Araştırmada hastaların öz şefkat düzeylerinin orta düzeyde olduğu görülmüştür. Hastaların öz şefkat ve stresle başa çıkma tarzları alt ölçek puan ortalamaları ile cinsiyet, yaş, eğitim düzeyleri, sigara ve alkol kullanım durumları, bireylerin birlikte yaşadıkları kişiler, tanı grupları, iyileşme inançları ve tedavi memnuniyetleri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğu saptanmıştır (p≤0,05). Hastaların öz şefkat düzeyleri ve stresle başa çıkma tarzları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür (p≤0,05).
Sonuç: Araştırma sonuçlarına göre hastaların öz şefkat düzeyleri ile stresle başa çıkma tarzları arasında ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu araştırma sonuçlarının ruhsal bozukluğu olan bireylerin tedavi planını düzenlemede yol gösterici olacağı düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Öz şefkat, başa çıkma, ruhsal hastalık

The Relationship Between Self-Compassion Levels and Stress Coping Styles of Outpatients for Mental Disorders

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Objective: Individuals with mental disorders face several stress factors caused by their mental disorders. Self-compassion is stated as protective against mental disorder symptoms and it helps coping with stressful situations. This research was conducted to determine the relationship between the self-compassion and ways to cope with stress of the outpatients with mental disorders.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between December 2020 and April 2021 in a university hospital in Ankara. A total of 113 outpatients were included in the study. Data were collected by using Patient Information Form, Self-Compassion Scale and Coping Strategies for Stress Scale Statistical Package for Social Sciences 22.0 was used for statistical analysis. Arithmetic mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and number and percentage expressions were used for categorical variables. Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test were used for comparisons between the groups. Spearman’s Correlation test was used to evaluate the relationship between variables. For statistical significance, p <0,05 was accepted.
Results: In the study, it was found that patients’ self-compassion levels were medium. There was a statistically significant correlation between patients’ mean subscale scores of self-compassion and coping strategies for stress and their gender, age, level of education, smoking and alcohol use, people they live with, diagnosis related groups for mental disorders, hope for healing and treatment satisfaction (p<0,05). It was found that patients mostly used effective ways of coping with stress. Moreover, there was a statistically significant correlation between patients’ self-compassion levels and coping strategies for stress (p<0,05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the research, there is a relationship between patients’ self-compassion levels and coping strategies for stress. The results of this study are thought to be guiding in arranging treatment plans of individuals with mental disorders.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Self compassion, coping, mental disorders

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