Coping Styles Among the Spouses of Patients With Psychotic Disorders

The present study was conducted to assess the types of coping styles among the spouses of patients with psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder and schizoaffective disorder. One hundred and sixteen (116 out of which 58 male and 58 female) spouses of diagnosed patients as per the DSM IV TR criteria with psychotic disorders were selected through purposive sampling. The Coping Responses Inventory (CRI) by Moos (2002) (urdu version) translated by Mahmood and Sheraz (2012) was administered on each participant to measure the type of coping styles. ttest was used to find out statistical significance of data. The results showed that male spouses used more avoidance coping styles than female spouses as p<0.01, female spouses used more approach coping styles than male spouses of as p<0.01and highly educated spouses used more approach coping styles than less educated spouses as p<0.01. KeywordsApproach Coping Styles, Avoidance Coping Styles, Spouses, Psychotic Disorders, ——————————  ——————————