Discrepancy between experience and importance of recovery components in the symptomatic and recovery perceptions of people with severe mental disorders

Penas, Patricia; Uriarte, Jose-Juan; Gorbeña, Susana; Slade, Mike; Moreno-Calvete, María-Concepción; Iraurgi, Ioseba

doi:10.1186/s12888-021-03287-y

Table 1 Differences between the subjective experience and importance in 24 recovery elements

From: Discrepancy between experience and importance of recovery components in the symptomatic and recovery perceptions of people with severe mental disorders

items	Experience		Importance		Differential score	T Student	df	p	r	Cohen’s d
items	M	SD	M	SD	Differential score	T Student	df	p	r	Cohen’s d
6. Improving general health and wellness	2.96	0.76	3.49	0.62	−0.53	11.35	310	.001	.31	0.76
24. Professionals who care about	3.22	0.67	3.49	0.63	−0.27	6.87	310	.001	.45	0.41
3. Hope	2.76	0.73	3.48	0.69	−0.72	15.05	310	.001	.30	1.01
2. Sense of meaning in life	3.02	0.69	3.46	0.69	−0.44	9.38	309	.001	.30	0.64
5. Self-manage symptoms /avoid relapse	2.89	0.77	3.43	0.70	−0.54	10.24	311	.001	.20	0.73
15. Basic needs	2.58	0.82	3.41	0.72	−0.83	15.86	311	.001	.28	1.07
16. Sense of control and empowerment	2.91	0.74	3.39	0.69	−0.48	10.43	311	.001	.34	0.67
1.Positive sense of personal identity	3.08	0.69	3.38	0.71	−0.30	5.95	310	.001	.19	0.43
12. Having positive relationships	2.63	0.88	3.38	0.78	−0.75	13.19	311	.001	.27	0.90
13. Identifying and building on strengths	2.83	0.83	3.37	0.69	−0.54	10.92	309	.001	.36	0.70
22. Assistance in crisis	3.01	0.76	3.37	0.74	−0.36	8.78	308	.001	.54	0.48
8. Having rights respected and unheld	2.69	0.78	3.34	0.72	−0.65	12.63	311	.001	.26	0.87
18. Taking on/succeeding in social roles	2.08	0.98	3.34	0.71	−1.26	21.05	311	.001	.24	1.46
7. Being active and directing the recovery	2.71	0.75	3.26	0.75	−0.55	10.39	310	.001	.25	0.73
10. Being involved in meaningful activities	2.81	0.80	3.25	0.82	−0.44	8.90	309	.001	.42	0.54
11.Involved and take part in community	2.77	0.83	3.23	0.89	−0.46	8.39	310	.001	.36	0.53
20. Taking on new challenges	2.85	0.83	3.12	0.90	−0.27	5.13	310	.001	.45	0.31
14. Developing new skills	2.69	0.85	3.10	0.80	−0.41	7.41	311	.001	.31	0.50
21. Having positive role models	2.33	0.74	3.08	0.84	−0.75	14.5	310	.001	.34	0.95
4. Having up-to-date knowledge	2.73	0.81	2.98	0.88	−0.25	4.48	311	.001	.28	0.30
9. Mutual self-help/peer support	2.58	0.80	2.79	1.07	−0.21	3.63	311	.001	.44	0.22
23. Intimacy and sexuality	1.78	0.98	2.78	1.14	−1.00	13.93	308	.001	.28	0.94
19. Challenging stigma/ discrimination	2.61	0.85	2.45	1.27	0.16	−2.27	311	.024	.37	0.14
17. Spirituality	1.38	0.95	2.06	1.36	−0.68	10.25	311	.001	.53	0.56

Note. The elements are ordered according to the importance

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