A measure of state persecutory ideation for experimental studies.
Experimental research is increasingly important in developing the understanding of paranoid thinking. An assessment measure of persecutory ideation is necessary for such work. We report the reliability and validity of the first state measure of paranoia: The State Social Paranoia Scale. The items in...
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| author | Freeman, D Pugh, K Green, C Valmaggia, L Dunn, G Garety, P |
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| description | Experimental research is increasingly important in developing the understanding of paranoid thinking. An assessment measure of persecutory ideation is necessary for such work. We report the reliability and validity of the first state measure of paranoia: The State Social Paranoia Scale. The items in the measure conform to a recent definition in which persecutory thinking has the 2 elements of feared harm and perpetrator intent. The measure was tested with 164 nonclinical participants and 21 individuals at high risk of psychosis with attenuated positive symptoms. The participants experienced a social situation presented in virtual reality and completed the new measure. The State Social Paranoia Scale was found to have excellent internal reliability, adequate test-retest reliability, clear convergent validity as assessed by both independent interviewer ratings and self-report measures, and showed divergent validity with measures of positive and neutral thinking. The measure of paranoia in a recent social situation has good psychometric properties. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a6abb56a-35dd-4389-ac2a-4ce98360eb0b2022-03-27T02:48:52ZA measure of state persecutory ideation for experimental studies.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a6abb56a-35dd-4389-ac2a-4ce98360eb0bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Freeman, DPugh, KGreen, CValmaggia, LDunn, GGarety, PExperimental research is increasingly important in developing the understanding of paranoid thinking. An assessment measure of persecutory ideation is necessary for such work. We report the reliability and validity of the first state measure of paranoia: The State Social Paranoia Scale. The items in the measure conform to a recent definition in which persecutory thinking has the 2 elements of feared harm and perpetrator intent. The measure was tested with 164 nonclinical participants and 21 individuals at high risk of psychosis with attenuated positive symptoms. The participants experienced a social situation presented in virtual reality and completed the new measure. The State Social Paranoia Scale was found to have excellent internal reliability, adequate test-retest reliability, clear convergent validity as assessed by both independent interviewer ratings and self-report measures, and showed divergent validity with measures of positive and neutral thinking. The measure of paranoia in a recent social situation has good psychometric properties. |
| spellingShingle | Freeman, D Pugh, K Green, C Valmaggia, L Dunn, G Garety, P A measure of state persecutory ideation for experimental studies. |
| title | A measure of state persecutory ideation for experimental studies. |
| title_full | A measure of state persecutory ideation for experimental studies. |
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