The relationship between the aspects of mindfulness and coping strategies in patients with schizophrenic spectrum disorders and anorexia nervosa

Objective. To study the relationship between mindfulness and coping strategies in patients with schizophrenia, schizotypal disorder, and anorexia nervosa. Material and methods. Seventy-five patients were examined (25 with anorexia nervosa (F50.0), 25 with schizotypal disorder (F21), and 25 with paranoid schizophrenia (F20.0)), who were treated in outpatient units of Psychiatric Clinical Hospital No. 1, named after N.A. Alekseev, Moscow, as well as a control group of 25 mentally healthy volunteers. The clinical-psychopathological, psychometric, and statistical methods were used. Mindfulness was assessed using the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Karpov’s reflexivity questionnaire was also used. Coping strategies were assessed using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ), and a short version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale 18 (DERS-18) was used. Results. Significant differences in the relationship between mindfulness and coping strategies between groups have been identified. In the control group, non-judgmentality and description were negatively correlated with self-control (p