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Experiences of interpersonal interaction among patients with chronic schizophrenia: A phenomenological study
Author(s) -
Chen ShanHua,
Huang XuanYi,
Cheng JuiFen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12459
Subject(s) - interpersonal communication , feeling , psychology , interpersonal relationship , nonprobability sampling , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychotherapist , selection (genetic algorithm) , interpersonal interaction , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , population , environmental health , artificial intelligence , computer science
Purpose To explore the subjective interpersonal interaction experiences of patients with chronic schizophrenia. Design and Methods Descriptive phenomenological, purposive sampling, in‐depth one‐to‐one, and unstructured interviews were used. Colaizzi's method was used to analyze narratives. Findings Three themes and six subthemes were emerged: Feelings associated with interpersonal interactions (pleasant and unpleasant feelings experienced during interpersonal interactions); interpersonal interaction is a dynamic process (Positive and negative dynamic processes); selection of interaction targets (limitations in the selection of interaction targets and selection criteria for interaction targets). Practice Implications Professionals should understand the interpersonal interactions experiences of patients with schizophrenia to help them have a better interpersonal relationship.