ArticleThe Journal of nervous and mental disease2016
Are Specific Early-Life Adversities Associated With Specific Symptoms of Psychosis?: A Patient Study Considering Just World Beliefs as a Mediator.
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- Differential Associations of Adversity and Victimisation With Psychotic Experiences in Autistic Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Associations between childhood trauma, cognitive function, and clinical symptoms in first-episode schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Positive symptoms and their associations with life and trauma events among young adults in a first-episode psychosis clinic: qualitative analysis.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- The role of metacognition and social cognition in childhood trauma effecting on prognosis: 1-year follow-up study in patients with first-episode schizophrenia.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Could an evaluative conditioning intervention ameliorate paranoid beliefs? Self-reported and neurophysiological evidence from a brief intervention focused on improving self-esteem.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Investigating Specific Associations Between Childhood Victimization Profiles and Positive Psychosis Symptoms: The Mediating Roles of Anxiety, Depression, and Schema.Schizophrenia bulletin open · 2023Article
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- Rodent models of early adversity: Impacts on developing social behavior circuitry and clinical implications.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Review
- The Mediating Role of Chinese College Students' Control Strategies: Belief in a Just World and Life History Strategy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Psychological processes mediating the association between developmental trauma and specific psychotic symptoms in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2021Article
- Interpersonal Violence and Psychotic-Like Experiences: The Mediation of Ideas of Reference, Childhood Memories, and Dissociation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Pathways from Trauma to Psychotic Experiences: A Theoretically Informed Model of Posttraumatic Stress in Psychosis.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies have suggested that there may be associations between specific adversities and specific psychotic symptoms. There is also evidence that beliefs about justice may play a role in paranoid symptoms. In this study, we determined whether these associations could be replicated in a patient sample and whether beliefs about a just world played a specific role in the relationship between adversity and paranoia. We examined associations between childhood trauma, belief in justice, and paranoia and hallucinatory experiences in 144 individuals: 72 individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorders and 72 comparison controls. There was a dose-response relationship between cumulative trauma and psychosis. When controlling for comorbidity between symptoms, childhood sexual abuse predicted hallucinatory experiences, and experiences of childhood emotional neglect predicted paranoia. The relationship between neglect and paranoia was mediated by a perception of personal injustice. The findings replicate in a patient sample previous observations from epidemiological research.
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