Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study
IntroductionWisdom has been empirically researched as a complex psychological characteristic that is associated with many mental health outcomes. However, its association with psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) remains unclear. This is the first work to assess wisdom, explore its association with PLE...
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| author | Zhipeng Wu Zhipeng Wu Zhengqian Jiang Zhipeng Wang Yuqiao Ji Feiwen Wang Feiwen Wang Brendan Ross Xiaoqi Sun Zhening Liu Zhening Liu Yicheng Long Yicheng Long |
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| description | IntroductionWisdom has been empirically researched as a complex psychological characteristic that is associated with many mental health outcomes. However, its association with psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) remains unclear. This is the first work to assess wisdom, explore its association with PLEs, and test its moderating effect on the relation between the frequency of PLEs and their associated distress in the general population.MethodsFrom January 29th to February 5th, 2021, our online self-administered survey recruited 927 participants (ages 14 to 65) from thirteen Chinese provinces. Convenience sampling was employed. We measured wisdom with the 12-item three-dimensional wisdom scale (3D-WS-12) and PLEs with the 15-item positive subscale of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE-P15).ResultsUsing the cut-off value of 1.47 in the mean frequency score, we divided our participants into high-PLEs group (188, 22.1%) and low-PLEs group (663, 77.9%). Three-dimensional wisdom score was decreased in the high-PLEs group compared to the low-PLEs group (Kruskal-Wallis t = 59.9, p < 0.001). Wisdom was associated with less frequent PLEs (Spearman’s rho = −0.21, p < 0.01) and lower distress related to PLEs (Spearman’s rho = −0.28) in the high-PLEs group (all above p < 0.001), which were replicated in the low-PLEs group. Notably, wisdom significantly attenuated the distress associated with PLEs [coefficient = −0.018, Bootstrap 95% CI (−0.029, −0.008)], but only in the low-PLEs group.ConclusionOur results implicated that wisdom could protect individuals from distressful subclinical psychotic symptoms and wiser individuals have better general mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-164b3bff19124d0bb5f6dfbea950f85c2022-12-22T02:05:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-04-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.814242814242Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional StudyZhipeng Wu0Zhipeng Wu1Zhengqian Jiang2Zhipeng Wang3Yuqiao Ji4Feiwen Wang5Feiwen Wang6Brendan Ross7Xiaoqi Sun8Zhening Liu9Zhening Liu10Yicheng Long11Yicheng Long12Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, ChinaXiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaXiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaXiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, ChinaFaculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, ChinaIntroductionWisdom has been empirically researched as a complex psychological characteristic that is associated with many mental health outcomes. However, its association with psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) remains unclear. This is the first work to assess wisdom, explore its association with PLEs, and test its moderating effect on the relation between the frequency of PLEs and their associated distress in the general population.MethodsFrom January 29th to February 5th, 2021, our online self-administered survey recruited 927 participants (ages 14 to 65) from thirteen Chinese provinces. Convenience sampling was employed. We measured wisdom with the 12-item three-dimensional wisdom scale (3D-WS-12) and PLEs with the 15-item positive subscale of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE-P15).ResultsUsing the cut-off value of 1.47 in the mean frequency score, we divided our participants into high-PLEs group (188, 22.1%) and low-PLEs group (663, 77.9%). Three-dimensional wisdom score was decreased in the high-PLEs group compared to the low-PLEs group (Kruskal-Wallis t = 59.9, p < 0.001). Wisdom was associated with less frequent PLEs (Spearman’s rho = −0.21, p < 0.01) and lower distress related to PLEs (Spearman’s rho = −0.28) in the high-PLEs group (all above p < 0.001), which were replicated in the low-PLEs group. Notably, wisdom significantly attenuated the distress associated with PLEs [coefficient = −0.018, Bootstrap 95% CI (−0.029, −0.008)], but only in the low-PLEs group.ConclusionOur results implicated that wisdom could protect individuals from distressful subclinical psychotic symptoms and wiser individuals have better general mental health.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.814242/fullwisdompsychotic-like experiencesmental healthpsychosis preventionepidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Zhipeng Wu Zhipeng Wu Zhengqian Jiang Zhipeng Wang Yuqiao Ji Feiwen Wang Feiwen Wang Brendan Ross Xiaoqi Sun Zhening Liu Zhening Liu Yicheng Long Yicheng Long Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study Frontiers in Psychiatry wisdom psychotic-like experiences mental health psychosis prevention epidemiology |
| title | Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Association Between Wisdom and Psychotic-Like Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | association between wisdom and psychotic like experiences in the general population a cross sectional study |
| topic | wisdom psychotic-like experiences mental health psychosis prevention epidemiology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.814242/full |
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