Abstract

• Purpose
  This study was done to uncover the nature of hope experienced by clients with chronic schizophrenia.
• Method
  A phenomenological approach developed by Van Manen was adopted. Data was collected from intensive interviews on 7 clients with chronic schizophrenia and the expatients' biographies and arts. A phenomenological reflection was done in terms of the four life world existentials.
• Result
  Corporeality: Perceiving the body feeling better, proudness of self, accepting their own ill body and transcending the limitation of the body, expressing self, and staying within the boundary of a healthy body were disclosed as the body's experience of hope. Spatiality :A place with safety, freedom, peace, and sharing was the space of hope. Temporality :The essential experience of time with hope was the continuity of moving forward amid cycling and moments being filled up with something. Relationality : Connecting with someone, having someone who is dependable, understandable and exchanging interest and love were identified as the relationships of hope with others.
• Conclusion
  The results of this study show that chronic schizophrenic patients always strive hard to keep hope and they really need someone who can support them.
• Keywords: Hope; Schizophrenia; Phenomenology

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