TY - JOUR
PY - 2018//
TI - Interpersonal sensitivity in those at clinical high risk for psychosis mediates the association between childhood bullying victimisation and paranoid ideation: a virtual reality study
JO - Schizophrenia Research
A1 - McDonnell, J.
A1 - Stahl, D.
A1 - Day, F.
A1 - McGuire, P.
A1 - Valmaggia, L. R.
SP - 89
EP - 95
VL - 192
IS -
N2 - BACKGROUND: Experience of bullying victimisation in childhood and heightened interpersonal sensitivity have been independently linked to the clinical high risk for psychosis.
AIM: To examine the potential mediating effect of interpersonal sensitivity in explaining the link between childhood bullying victimisation and real-time paranoid ideation in adult participants at clinical high risk for psychosis.
METHOD: In a cross-sectional study data were collected for 64 individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Measures included history of bullying victimisation, interpersonal sensitivity and state paranoid ideation following exposure to a social virtual reality environment. The virtual reality scenario was a London Underground journey.
RESULTS: Path analysis indicated that interpersonal sensitivity fully explained the significant association between severe bullying victimisation in childhood and paranoid ideation in the clinical-high risk group. Based on AIC criteria the best model selected was the full mediation model: severe bullying→interpersonal sensitivity→state paranoid ideation. The results suggest that severity of bullying is more important than frequency of bullying in explaining state paranoid ideation.
CONCLUSIONS: The significant role played by interpersonal sensitivity in the association between being bullied in childhood and paranoid ideation in the clinical high risk group suggests that this could become a target for intervention.
Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Language: en
LA - en
SN - 0920-9964
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.04.029
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