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OBJECTIVE: The current study investigated the relationship between trauma and predisposition to hallucinations and to paranoia in a non-clinical sample. METHOD: A total of 228 students completed online measures of trauma, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schematic beliefs, perceptual anomalies, and predisposition to hallucinations and paranoia. RESULTS: Associations were found between negative schematic beliefs, PTSD and predisposition to both paranoia and hallucinations. PTSD reexperiencing-symptoms were most strongly associated with a predisposition to hallucinations. Negative beliefs about self and others were most strongly associated with a predisposition to paranoia. CONCLUSION: The results provide support for the prediction that there may be two routes between trauma and predisposition to psychosis. Clear support was found for a link between trauma and psychosis mediated by negative beliefs about self and others. There may also be a direct association between re-experiencing symptoms and hallucinations.

Original publication

DOI

10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01011.x

Type

Journal article

Journal

Acta Psychiatr Scand

Publication Date

10/2007

Volume

116

Pages

280 - 289

Keywords

Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Crime Victims, Culture, Delusions, Female, Hallucinations, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Life Change Events, Male, Models, Psychological, Paranoid Disorders, Personality Inventory, Psychotic Disorders, Reference Values, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Social Perception, Statistics as Topic, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Students