Subjective experience in schizophrenia: Factors influencing self-esteem, satisfaction with life, and subjective distress

The relative and combined effects of individual characteristics, severity o f illness, psychosocial functioning, treatment intensity, and milieu variab les on self-esteem, distress and satisfaction with life,cere examined in a study of 103 subjects diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disor der, all of whom had been in either high-intensity or low-intensity communi ty-based interventions for at least six months. Implications of the finding s for treatment and for research on subjective experience in schizophrenia are discussed.