Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia
Studies on attribution biases in schizophrenia have produced mixed results, whereas such biases have been more consistently reported in people with anxiety disorders. Anxiety comorbidities are frequent in schizophrenia, in particular social anxiety disorder, which could influence their patterns of a...
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| Series: | Schizophrenia Research: Cognition |
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| author | Amelie M. Achim Stephanie Sutliff Crystal Samson Tina C. Montreuil Tania Lecomte |
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| description | Studies on attribution biases in schizophrenia have produced mixed results, whereas such biases have been more consistently reported in people with anxiety disorders. Anxiety comorbidities are frequent in schizophrenia, in particular social anxiety disorder, which could influence their patterns of attribution biases. The objective of the present study was thus to determine if individuals with schizophrenia and a comorbid social anxiety disorder (SZ+) show distinct attribution biases as compared with individuals with schizophrenia without social anxiety (SZ−) and healthy controls. Attribution biases were assessed with the Internal, Personal, and Situational Attributions Questionnaire in 41 individual with schizophrenia and 41 healthy controls. Results revealed the lack of the normal externalizing bias in SZ+, whereas SZ− did not significantly differ from healthy controls on this dimension. The personalizing bias was not influenced by social anxiety but was in contrast linked with delusions, with a greater personalizing bias in individuals with current delusions. Future studies on attribution biases in schizophrenia should carefully document symptom presentation, including social anxiety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-103e1a0e3c01498bb53ca270c861ddfc2022-12-22T00:51:30ZengElsevierSchizophrenia Research: Cognition2215-00132016-06-014C1310.1016/j.scog.2016.01.001Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophreniaAmelie M. Achim0Stephanie Sutliff1Crystal Samson2Tina C. Montreuil3Tania Lecomte4Centre de recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé mentale de Québec, 2601 de la Canardière, Québec, QC, Canada G1J 2G3Centre de recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé mentale de Québec, 2601 de la Canardière, Québec, QC, Canada G1J 2G3Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, 90 Avenue Vincent d'Indy, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, succ Centre-Ville, C.P. 6128 Montréal, QC, Canada H2C 3J7Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1Y2Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, 90 Avenue Vincent d'Indy, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, succ Centre-Ville, C.P. 6128 Montréal, QC, Canada H2C 3J7Studies on attribution biases in schizophrenia have produced mixed results, whereas such biases have been more consistently reported in people with anxiety disorders. Anxiety comorbidities are frequent in schizophrenia, in particular social anxiety disorder, which could influence their patterns of attribution biases. The objective of the present study was thus to determine if individuals with schizophrenia and a comorbid social anxiety disorder (SZ+) show distinct attribution biases as compared with individuals with schizophrenia without social anxiety (SZ−) and healthy controls. Attribution biases were assessed with the Internal, Personal, and Situational Attributions Questionnaire in 41 individual with schizophrenia and 41 healthy controls. Results revealed the lack of the normal externalizing bias in SZ+, whereas SZ− did not significantly differ from healthy controls on this dimension. The personalizing bias was not influenced by social anxiety but was in contrast linked with delusions, with a greater personalizing bias in individuals with current delusions. Future studies on attribution biases in schizophrenia should carefully document symptom presentation, including social anxiety.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215001315300147 |
| spellingShingle | Amelie M. Achim Stephanie Sutliff Crystal Samson Tina C. Montreuil Tania Lecomte Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia Schizophrenia Research: Cognition |
| title | Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia |
| title_full | Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia |
| title_fullStr | Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia |
| title_short | Attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia |
| title_sort | attribution bias and social anxiety in schizophrenia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215001315300147 |
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