The Role of Coping Strategies on Quality of Life among People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders in Jakarta

Abstract

Purpose: to measure the effect of coping strategies to quality of life in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Method: there are 58 outpatients participate in this research (male = 40, female = 18). Data were collected with accidental sampling method. The quality of life was measured with Self-Report Quality of Life for People with Schizophrenia (SQLS) by Wilkinson, et al. (2000). The coping strategies were measured with Brief COPE Inventory by Carver, et al. (1997). Result it is indicated that coping strategies contribute 11.8% of quality of life. Implication of the result is discussed in relation to improving quality of life in people with schizophrenia.