Table 5.
Studies Reporting Measures of Self-perceptions
First Author, Year | Questionnaire/Scale | Results |
Cowan, 201931 | BCSS | CHR reported significantly more negative beliefs about self and others and significantly fewer positive beliefs about self and other, relative to health controls. |
Stowkowy, 201267 | BCSS | CHR reported significantly more negative schemas about the self and others. |
Stowkowy, 201668 |
BCSS | CHR reported significantly more severe negative schemas about the self and about other people compared to healthy controls. |
Taylor, 201469 | BCSS | CHR had no significant differences in negative or positive beliefs about the self, relative to FEP. |
Clay, 202073 | DPB | CHR reported significantly more severe DPBs than healthy controls. |
Morrison, 200648 | DAS PQQ |
CHR reported significantly more severe beliefs about rejection and criticism from others, and significant discrepancies in self-perception, and general mental distress. |
Blessing, 201743 | LCS | CHR reported significantly increased internal locus of control ratings after communication of diagnosis. |
Pyle, 201571 | PBEQ | Internalized stigma was significantly related to depression, social anxiety, distress due to unusual psychological experiences, and suicidal thinking in CHR. |
Stowkowy, 201572 | PBEQ | CHR who transitioned to psychosis agreed more to statements concerning lack of control over experiences; all sub-scores were significantly related to the CDSS and to SOPS negative symptoms with the exception of self as experiences, which was unrelated to negative symptoms. |
Atkinson, 201730 | RSES | CHR participants reported significantly poorer self-esteem than healthy controls. |
Jhung, 201663 | RSES | In CHR, no significant correlations of noncurrent or current emotional experiences (anhedonia and SAM scales) were found with self-esteem. |
Shi, 201764 |
RSES | CHR reported significantly poorer self-esteem relative to healthy controls; in CHR, poorer self-esteem was significantly associated with more severe positive, negative, and depressive symptoms. In CHR, higher self-esteem was significantly and positively correlated with GAF; Self-esteem significantly improved in CHR after treatment (6 months). |
Pruessner, 201162 |
SERS | CHR reported significantly poorer protective factors (self-esteem, social support, and active coping), relative to healthy controls; more severe stress in the past month was significantly related to lower self-esteem. |
Alvarez-Jimenez, 201865 | SERS-SF SES |
No significant improvement in self-esteem or self-efficacy between baseline and follow-up were found. |
Seo, 201870 | SPS | CHR reported significantly poorer self-perception than healthy controls. |
Benavides, 201866 | SPPA | CHR and SCZ had significantly poorer GSE compared to healthy controls, but no significant differences between CHR and SCZ. |
Valmaggia, 201539 | Social Entrapment and Defeat Scales | CHR reported significantly more severe levels of social defeat than healthy controls. |
Note: Abbreviations are explained in the first footnote to table 1. CDSS, Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia; SOPS, Scale of Psychosis-Risk Symptoms; SAM, Self-Assessment Manikin; GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning; SCZ, Schizophrenia; GSE, Global Self-Esteem; BCSS, Brief Core Schema Scale; DPB, Defeatist Performance Beliefs Questionnaire; DAS, Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale; PQQ, Personal Qualities Questionnaire; LCS, Locus of Control Scale; PBEQ, Personal Beliefs about Experiences Questionnaire; RSES, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; SERS, Self-Esteem Rating Scale; SERS-SF, Self-Esteem Rating Scale Short Form; SES, Self-Efficacy Scale; SPS, Self-Perception Scale; SPPA, Self-Perception Profile for Adults.