Assumed shared belief about conspiracy theories in social networks protects paranoid individuals against distress
Suthaharan P, Corlett P. Assumed shared belief about conspiracy theories in social networks protects paranoid individuals against distress. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 6084. PMID: 37055504, PMCID: PMC10100615, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33305-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConspiratorial beliefsConspiracy theoriesLess emotional distressIndividual-level processesParanoid individualsClinical paranoiaParanoid beliefsPsychological studiesConspiracy beliefsEmotional distressPersecutory delusionsBehavioral predictorsSocial supportBelief formationSocial accountsSocial networksOrganizational factorsParanoiaBroader social networksBeliefsLarge social networksSocietal normsDistressTaskLevel processesThe reliability and validity of the revised Green et al. paranoid thoughts scale in individuals at clinical high‐risk for psychosis
Williams T, Walker E, Strauss G, Woods S, Powers A, Corlett P, Schiffman J, Waltz J, Gold J, Silverstein S, Ellman L, Zinbarg R, Mittal V. The reliability and validity of the revised Green et al. paranoid thoughts scale in individuals at clinical high‐risk for psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147: 623-633. PMID: 36905387, PMCID: PMC10463775, DOI: 10.1111/acps.13545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansInterpersonal RelationsParanoid DisordersPsychotic DisordersReproducibility of ResultsSelf ReportConceptsCHR individualsClinical controlFull psychosisHealthy controlsGeneral populationPsychosis symptomsCHR participantsPoor social functioningGreen Paranoid Thoughts ScalePsychosisGroup differencesSocial functioningConfirmatory factor analysisParanoid Thoughts ScaleInterview measuresSeverity continuumTwo-factor structureCritical populationSelf-report measuresPresent studyDiscriminant validityPsychometric indicesParanoid thoughtsIndividualsParticipants