兩種問卷即田納西自我概念測驗量表和日常生活功能評估表被應用施測於美國一州立精神病醫院Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital (GPPH)之慢性病人,以便評估成人慢性精神病患的日常生活技巧、自我概念、住院時間長短、精神病生病年數及年齡間的相互關係。這家州立醫院參與此研究的病人中,有38位完成田納西自我概念測驗量表和日常生活功能評估表兩種問卷。 這個研究的假說是成人慢性精神病患的日常生活技巧和自我概念具有統計學上有意義的正相關。雖然這個研究的結果沒有支持作者的假說,但此結果顯示出住院年數和日常生活功能評估表的得分所代表的日常生活技巧在統計學上有意義的負相關性。又住院年數的長短和以田納西自我概念測驗量表得分所表示之自我概念具統計學上的正相關性。同時這結果也顯示出成人慢性精神病患在田納西自我概念量表中的得分和日常生活功能評估表的得分都低於正常人。
Two questionnaires, the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS)and the Comprehensive Evaluation of Activities of Daily Living Skills (CEADLS), were administered to chronic mentally illed patients at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in order to assess the correlations between ADL skills, self-concept, years of hospitalization and illness, and age. Thirty-eight participants who resided at the hospital completed the two questionnaires. The hypothesis of the study stated that there is a significant positive correlation between the ADL skills and self-concept of the adult chronic mentally illed population. The results did not support the hypothesis. A statistically significant negative correlation (r=-.52) between the years of hospitalization ation and ADL scores was obtained. The years of hospitalization have a significant positive correlation with self-concept as represented by the TSCS score. The results also show that the adult chronic mentally illed subjects scored lower than the normal controls on both the TSCS and the CEADLS.