@article{ref1,
title="Psychotic-like experiences in help-seeking adolescents: dimensional exploration and association with different forms of bullying victimization - a developmental social psychiatry perspective",
journal="International journal of social psychiatry",
year="2017",
author="Catone, Gennaro and Marotta, Roberta and Pisano, Simone and Lennox, Belinda and Carotenuto, Marco and Gritti, Antonella and Pascotto, Antonio and Broome, Matthew R.",
volume="63",
number="8",
pages="752-762",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are common in the general population and increase the risk of psychotic disorders. Adolescents are a high-risk group of this condition. Stressful events, such as bullying, have a role in the onset of PLEs. This study has several aims: (1) to assess PLEs in adolescents seeking help from a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, (2) to assess the association of PLEs with specific bullying victimization and (3) to assess difference in PLEs and victimizations by sex and age. <br><br>METHODS: Participants were help-seeking (HS) adolescents initially screened for PLEs. They completed an assessment including characteristics of PLEs and bullying victimization. We paid particular attention to different kinds of PLEs and victimization. <br><br>RESULTS: In total, 50 PLE-positive adolescents screened from 324 HS adolescents (15.4%) constituted the sample. Paranoia and verbal bullying were the PLEs and form of victimization most represented, respectively. Verbal bullying was strongly associated with paranoia (odds ratio (OR): 4.40, confidence interval (CI): 2.8-5.9, p < .001). <br><br>RESULTS remained significant after controlling for confounder (socio-demographic, anxiety, depression and for the latter analysis also other forms of victimization). Furthermore, social manipulation showed a strong association of paranoia and physical bullying with grandiosity. Verbal bullying was also associated with psychotic negative symptoms, but controlling for emotional symptoms and other victimization led to a reduction in the effect. Men were more involved in physical victimization and experienced grandiosity; on the contrary, late adolescents were most involved in social victimization and negative psychotic symptoms Conclusion: PLEs are relevant in HS adolescents. Bullying victimization interacts with the onset of these phenomena. In particular, verbal bullying predicted paranoia onset significantly.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7640",
doi="10.1177/0020764017733765",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764017733765"
}