Schizophrenia Research and Treatment

Research Article

Explaining Attitudes and Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication: The Development of a Process Model

Table 1

Bivariate correlations between medication attitudes, medication adherence, and possible predictors ( ).
 AttitudesAdherenceInsightPsychopathologySide effectsAllianceSocial supportCausal beliefsMetacognition
 BMQMAQaSUMDaFKE-SAFKE-LSFKE-NTCAPE-POSaCAPE-NEGGASE, UKUHAQ, BFTBF-sozU
K-14		IPQ-S-BIOIPQ-S-PSYBAPS-POSbBAPS-NEGb
MAQa0.30**              
SUMDa0.23*0.22*             
FKE-SA0.24*−0.100.02            
FKE-LS0.34**0.030.30**0.82***           
FKE-NT0.53***0.120.38***0.37***0.45***          
CAPE-POSa0.08−0.20−0.130.64***0.51***0.19         
CAPE-NEG0.16−0.22*0.070.43***0.39***0.35**0.57***        
GASE, UKU−0.36**−0.20−0.170.25*0.15−0.120.30**0.00       
HAQ, BFTB0.34**0.000.23*0.110.120.54***0.080.13−0.20      
F-sozU K-140.000.09−0.080.090.000.25*−0.08−0.120.200.23*     
IPQ-S-BIO0.43***0.030.40***0.26*0.34**0.42***0.160.29**−0.080.33**0.02    
IPQ-S-PSY−0.010.010.27*0.23*0.28*0.35**0.32**0.170.100.140.000.22*   
BAPS-POSb0.18−0.170.070.37**0.26*0.070.53***0.25*0.40***−0.01−0.090.070.21  
BAPS-NEGb0.31**−0.030.24*0.49***0.59***0.32**0.48***0.44***0.080.03−0.110.28*0.090.25* 
MASE0.38***−0.030.080.23*0.200.50***0.23*0.22*−0.050.25*0.31**0.170.11−0.050.23*
Values are Spearman’s correlations (nonparametric scales); breduced sample size due to filter question ( ); ; ; ; MAQ: Medication Adherence Questionnaire; BMQ: Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire; SUMD: Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental Disorder; FKE: Questionnaire of Illness Insight; FKE-SA: Symptom Awareness; FKE-LS: Labeling of Symptoms; FKE-NT: Need for Treatment; CAPE: Community Assessment of Psychic Experience; CAPE-POS: Positive Symptoms; CAPE-NEG: Negative Symptoms; GASE: Generic Assessment of Side Effects; UKU-SERS: UKU Side Effect Rating Scale; HAQ: Health Alliance Questionnaire; BFTB: Bonn Questionnaire for Therapy and Consulting; F-sozU K-14: Social Support Questionnaire; IPQ-S: Illness Perception Questionnaire for Schizophrenia; IPQ-S-BIO: Biological Causal Beliefs; IPQ-S-PSY: Psychological Causal Beliefs; BAPS: Beliefs about Paranoia Scale; BAPS-POS: Positive Metacognition; BAPS-NEG: Negative Metacognition; MASE: Medication Attitudes of Social Environment.