Perceptions of Paranoid Thoughts in a Nonclinical Group of College Students

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ID13653308
AuthorsTakashi Yamauchi (0000-0001-5295-4082, The University of Tokyo, corresponding author), Anju Sudo (The University of Tokyo), Yoshihiko Tanno (The University of Tokyo)
Year2009
Volume104
Issue3
Pages699-710
Publication date2009-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.104.3.699-710
PMID19708396
OpenAlexW2082983395
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited29

Researchers have focused on the distinction between paranoid and social anxious thoughts for eliciting characteristics of paranoid thoughts in greater detail, which may aid theoretical development and understanding of persecutory delusions with regard to continuity between nonclinical and clinical symptoms. This is a report of characteristics of paranoid thoughts compared to social anxious thoughts in a sample of 128 college students. Nine dimensions concerning how individuals perceive their paranoid and social anxious thoughts were assessed as self-ratings for each on resistance, distress, absurdity, conviction, corrigibility, controllability, perception of intended harm, anger, and frequency. These dimensions for the two thoughts were generally independent of each other. Analyses suggested that paranoid thoughts might be characterized by higher distress, absurdity, corrigibility, perception of intended harm, and anger, and by lower conviction compared to social anxious thoughts in this nonclinical group

Absurdity · Anger · Conviction · Developmental psychology · Distress · Perception · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology

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