PMID- 24244608
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140812
LR  - 20240331
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 11
DP  - 2013
TI  - Cognitive styles and psychotic experiences in a community sample.
PG  - e80055
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0080055 [doi]
LID - e80055
AB  - INTRODUCTION: In clinical populations paranoid delusions are associated with 
      making global, stable and external attributions for negative events. Paranoia is 
      common in community samples but it is not known whether it is associated with a 
      similar cognitive style. This study investigates the association between 
      cognitive style and paranoia in a large community sample of young adults. 
      METHODS: 2694 young adults (mean age 17.8, SD 4.6) from the ALSPAC cohort 
      provided data on psychotic experiences and cognitive style. Psychotic experiences 
      were assessed using a semi-structured interview and cognitive style was assessed 
      using the Cognitive Styles Questionnaire-Short Form (CSQ-SF) on the same 
      occasion. Logistic regression was used to investigate associations between 
      paranoia and CSQ-SF scores, both total and domain-related (global, stable, self, 
      external). The role of concurrent self-reported depressive symptoms in the 
      association was explored. RESULTS: Paranoia was associated with Total CSQ-SF 
      scores (adjusted OR 1.69 95% CI 1.29, 2.22), as well as global (OR 1.56 95% CI 
      1.17, 2.08), stable (OR 1.56 95% CI 1.17, 2.08) and self (OR 1.37 95% CI 1.05, 
      1.79) domains, only Total score and global domain associations remained after 
      additional adjustment for self-reported depression. There was no association 
      between paranoia and external cognitive style (OR 1.10 95% CI 0.83, 1.47). 
      CONCLUSION: Paranoid ideation in a community sample is associated with a global 
      rather than an external cognitive style. An external cognitive style may be a 
      characteristic of more severe paranoid beliefs. Further work is required to 
      determine the role of depression in the association between cognitive style and 
      paranoia.
FAU - Sullivan, Sarah
AU  - Sullivan S
AD  - Academic Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Bristol, Bristol, 
      United Kingdom.
FAU - Bentall, Richard P
AU  - Bentall RP
FAU - Fernyhough, Charles
AU  - Fernyhough C
FAU - Pearson, Rebecca M
AU  - Pearson RM
FAU - Zammit, Stanley
AU  - Zammit S
LA  - eng
GR  - G0701503/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - 092731/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
GR  - G9815508/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
GR  - 098455/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20131114
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Cognition
MH  - Community Mental Health Services
MH  - Depression/physiopathology/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Paranoid Disorders/physiopathology/*psychology
MH  - Social Class
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United Kingdom
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC3828222
COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2013/11/19 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/13 06:00
PMCR- 2013/11/14
CRDT- 2013/11/19 06:00
PHST- 2013/04/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/09/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/11/14 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-13-15007 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0080055 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2013 Nov 14;8(11):e80055. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080055. 
      eCollection 2013.