Threatening events theme moderates the relationship between fear of social situations and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults.

2017
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dc.abstract.enSocial anxiety (SA) is frequently observed among patients diagnosed with psychosis as well as among individuals with delusion-like experiences (DLEs). A heightened level of SA has been recognized to precede the development of psychotic symptoms; however, the detailed mechanisms that link SA to delusional ideation remain unrecognized. Since social anxiety is associated with the presence of cognitive biases and biased cognitive processes have been found to play a role in the development and maintenance of delusions, we hypothesized that cognitive biases may mediate in the relationship between social anxiety and DLEs. A total sample of 202 healthy individuals with mean age 35.59 (SD = 17.15) was assessed for the presence of delusion-like experiences, social anxiety, as well as the threatening events theme and anomalous perception theme of cognitive biases. The threatening events theme was found to fully mediate the linkage between fear of social situations and DLEs (β = 0.12, p < 0.05). The threatening events theme was also found to be a partial mediator in the association between social avoidance and DLEs (β = 0.20, p < 0.05), and between the overall level of social anxiety and DLEs (β = 0.18, p < 0.05). Our findings suggest that social anxiety may influence DLEs by providing the threatening events theme of cognitive biases.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologiipl
dc.contributor.authorProchwicz, Katarzyna - 131546 pl
dc.contributor.authorKłosowska, Joanna - 138897 pl
dc.contributor.authorKarpowska, Milenapl
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-16T09:53:45Z
dc.date.available2017-09-16T09:53:45Z
dc.date.issued2017pl
dc.description.physical482-489pl
dc.description.volume256pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.psychres.2017.07.007pl
dc.identifier.eissn0925-4927pl
dc.identifier.issn0165-1781pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/44260
dc.languageengpl
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dc.titleThreatening events theme moderates the relationship between fear of social situations and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults.pl
dc.title.journalPsychiatry Researchpl
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