Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis
BackgroundAnomalies of imagination encompass disturbances of the basic experiential structure of fantasies and imagery that can be explored in a semi-structured way with the Examination of Anomalous Fantasy and Imagination (EAFI). We aimed (1) to examine the distribution of anomalies of imagination...
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| description | BackgroundAnomalies of imagination encompass disturbances of the basic experiential structure of fantasies and imagery that can be explored in a semi-structured way with the Examination of Anomalous Fantasy and Imagination (EAFI). We aimed (1) to examine the distribution of anomalies of imagination among different diagnostic groups and a group of healthy controls, and (2) to examine their relation with disorders of basic self, perceptual disturbances and canonical state psychopathology of the schizophrenia-spectrum (positive, negative and general symptoms).MethodsThe 81 participants included patients with schizophrenia or other non-affective psychosis (N = 32), schizotypal personality disorder (N = 15) or other mental illness (N = 16) and healthy controls (N = 18). The assessment encompassed EAFI, Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE), parts of Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms (BSABS) and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). For network analysis, the associations of EAFI with the other psychopathological variables were tested by Pearson's correlation coefficient and graphically represented using multidimensional clustering. Comparisons between correlations in the network were tested with Steiger's test.ResultsAnomalies of imagination aggregated significantly in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders compared to other mental illness and healthy controls with no difference between schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder. In the network analysis, anomalies of imagination were closely inter-connected with self-disorders. Although, the anomalies of imagination correlated moderately with perceptual disturbance and positive, negative and general state symptomatology, these dimensions aggregated separately and relatively distant in the network.ConclusionsThe results support that anomalies of imagination are highly characteristic of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and closely related to self-disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf2cfd4c06fc499b8eb26752234a7ffd2022-12-21T17:21:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-01-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.808009808009Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network AnalysisAndreas Rosén Rasmussen0Andreas Rosén Rasmussen1Andreas Rosén Rasmussen2Andrea Raballo3Andrea Raballo4Antonio Preti5Ditte Sæbye6Josef Parnas7Josef Parnas8Mental Health Center Amager, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkMental Health Center Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Broendby, DenmarkDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkDivision of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, ItalyCenter for Translational, Phenomenological and Developmental Psychopathology (CTPDP), Perugia University Hospital, Perugia, ItalyDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, ItalyCenter for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkCenter for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkBackgroundAnomalies of imagination encompass disturbances of the basic experiential structure of fantasies and imagery that can be explored in a semi-structured way with the Examination of Anomalous Fantasy and Imagination (EAFI). We aimed (1) to examine the distribution of anomalies of imagination among different diagnostic groups and a group of healthy controls, and (2) to examine their relation with disorders of basic self, perceptual disturbances and canonical state psychopathology of the schizophrenia-spectrum (positive, negative and general symptoms).MethodsThe 81 participants included patients with schizophrenia or other non-affective psychosis (N = 32), schizotypal personality disorder (N = 15) or other mental illness (N = 16) and healthy controls (N = 18). The assessment encompassed EAFI, Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE), parts of Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms (BSABS) and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). For network analysis, the associations of EAFI with the other psychopathological variables were tested by Pearson's correlation coefficient and graphically represented using multidimensional clustering. Comparisons between correlations in the network were tested with Steiger's test.ResultsAnomalies of imagination aggregated significantly in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders compared to other mental illness and healthy controls with no difference between schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder. In the network analysis, anomalies of imagination were closely inter-connected with self-disorders. Although, the anomalies of imagination correlated moderately with perceptual disturbance and positive, negative and general state symptomatology, these dimensions aggregated separately and relatively distant in the network.ConclusionsThe results support that anomalies of imagination are highly characteristic of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and closely related to self-disorders.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.808009/fullpsychosisEAFIEASEsubjective experiencephenomenology |
| spellingShingle | Andreas Rosén Rasmussen Andreas Rosén Rasmussen Andreas Rosén Rasmussen Andrea Raballo Andrea Raballo Antonio Preti Ditte Sæbye Josef Parnas Josef Parnas Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis Frontiers in Psychiatry psychosis EAFI EASE subjective experience phenomenology |
| title | Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis |
| title_full | Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis |
| title_short | Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis |
| title_sort | anomalies of imagination self disorders and schizophrenia spectrum psychopathology a network analysis |
| topic | psychosis EAFI EASE subjective experience phenomenology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.808009/full |
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