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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2025

Genetic Differences in Reactivity to the Environment Impact Psychotic-Like and Affective Reactivity in Daily Life.

Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Pilar Torrecilla, Patricia Mas-Bermejo, Sergi Papiol, Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg, Araceli Rosa, Thomas R Kwapil

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Article in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Neus Barrantes-VidalDepartament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8671-1238
Pilar TorrecillaDepartament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Patricia Mas-BermejoSecció de Zoologia i Antropologia Biològica, Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4789-9650
Sergi PapiolCIBER de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Marian J Bakermans-KranenburgISPA, University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7763-0711
Araceli RosaCIBER de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6935-3785
Thomas R KwapilDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and hypothesisConsistent with diathesis-stress models, psychosis research has focused on genetic moderation of adverse environmental exposures. In contrast, the Differential Susceptibility (DS) model suggests that the same genetic variants that increase risk-inducing effects of adverse experiences also enhance beneficial effects from positive experiences. This study examined whether individuals with high genetic susceptibility to the environment showed differential psychotic-like and affective reactivity in response to positive and negative events in daily life. STUDY

designExperience sampling methodology assessed context (positive and stressful) and momentary levels of paranoia, psychotic-like experiences (PLE), and positive (PA) and negative affect (NA) in 217 non-clinical adults oversampled for schizotypy. Linear mixed models examined whether Polygenic Risk Scores of Environmental Sensitivity (PRS-ES) moderated the impact of current context on subsequent experiences. STUDY

resultsPRS-ES moderated positive, but not stressful, context on subsequent levels of momentary paranoia, NA, and PA, but not PLE. Genetic and environmental (G × E) interactions indicated diathesis-stress at lower thresholds of PRS-ES, but a DS model at the highest threshold of the PRS-ES. Participants with elevated PRS-ES showed increased paranoia and NA and decreased PA in subsequent assessments when reporting low levels of positive situations, but also decreased paranoia and NA and increased PA when rating contexts as positive.

conclusionsFindings support the influence of genetic sensitivity to the environment on psychotic-like and affective reactivity in daily life, particularly in response to positive contexts. This highlights the transdiagnostic protective role of positive experiences and informs ecological momentary interventions.

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AffectGene-Environment InteractionGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseParanoid DisordersPsychotic DisordersSchizotypal Personality DisorderStress, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultEcological Momentary AssessmentFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultifactorial InheritanceYoung Adultdifferential susceptibilityexperience sampling methodologygene–environment interactionPolygenic Risk Scorepsychosisschizotypy

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