Journal
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
Volume 190, Issue -, Pages 77-81Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.022
Keywords
Paranoia; Taxometrics; Dimensional; MAMBAC; MAXEIG; L-MODE
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- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care-North West Coast
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Background: There is widespread interest in whether psychosis exists on a continuum with healthy functioning. Previous research has implied that paranoia, a common symptom of psychosis, exists on a continuum but this has not been investigated using samples including both patients and non-patients and up-to-date taxometric methods. Aim: To assess the latent structure of paranoia in a diverse sample using taxometric methods. Method: We obtained data from 2836 participants, including the general population as well as at-risk mental state and psychotic patients using the P-scale of the Paranoia and Deservedness Scale. Data were analysed using three taxometric procedures, MAMBAC, MAXEIG and L-MODE (Ruscio, 2016), and two sets of paranoia indicators (subscales and selected items from the P scale), including and excluding the patient groups. Results: Eleven of the twelve analyses supported a dimensional model. Using the full sample and subscales as indicators, the MAMBAC analysis was ambiguous. Overall, the findings converged on a dimensional latent structure. Conclusions: A dimensional latent structure of paranoia implies that the processes involved in sub-clinical paranoia may be similar to those in clinical paranoia. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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