Table 1.
Participants’ demographic and clinical characteristics (N = 121).
| Variable | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 56 | 46.3 |
| Female | 65 | 53.7 |
| Diagnosis | ||
| Schizophrenia and schizoaffective | 95 | 78.5 |
| Bipolar with past psychotic symptoms | 9 | 7.4 |
| Personality or affective disorders with psychotic symptoms | 17 | 14.1 |
| Family status | ||
| Single | 70 | 57.9 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 32 | 26.5 |
| Married/living in couple relationship | 19 | 15.6 |
| Children | ||
| No children | 82 | 67.8 |
| With children | 39 | 32.2 |
| Housing status | ||
| Lives independently | 24 | 19.8 |
| Lives with family | 37 | 30.6 |
| Rehabilitation housing services in the community | 60 | 49.6 |
| Employment status | ||
| Not working | 33 | 27.3 |
| Working in community rehabilitation factories | 88 | 72.7 |
| Psychiatric hospitalization | ||
| Were psychiatrically hospitalized | 119 | 98.3 |
| No hospitalization | 2 | 1.7 |
| Time since last psychiatric hospitalization | ||
| Less than 1 year | 15 | 12.4 |
| 1–5 years | 48 | 39.7 |
| More than 5 years | 28 | 23.1 |
| More than 10 years | 24 | 19.8 |
| Did not answer | 6 | 5.0 |
| Traumatic history (including multiple experiences) | ||
| Experienced more than five high magnitude stressors | 106 | 87.5 |
| Experienced sexual abuse as a child | 31 | 25.6 |
| Experienced violence as a child | 47 | 39.7 |
| Experienced a sudden death/loss of a loved one | 81 | 66.9 |