F127. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: HOW HAPPINESS MEDIATES THE RELATION BETWEEN SHYNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ADULTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

摘要

Individual differences in temperament develop early in life and remain stable throughout adulthood. Those who are temperamentally shy are susceptible to impairments in several domains of adaptive functioning, including poor social skills, reduced quality of life (QoL), and higher rates of psychiatric disorders. Individual differences in premorbid temperamental shyness in childhood are known to portend reduced QoL in adults with schizophrenia (Goldberg & Schmidt, 2001). We also know that not all people with schizophrenia who are also temperamentally shy have reduced QoL. For example, recent studies have found evidence of biological moderators on the relation between temperamental shyness and QoL (Khalesi et al., 2018a,b). Relatively few studies, however, have examined factors that may link (i.e., mediate) the relation between individual differences in premorbid temperamental shyness and QoL among people with schizophrenia.