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Attribution bias in ultra-high risk for psychosis and first-episode schizophrenia

Authors
 Suk Kyoon An  ;  Jee In Kang  ;  Jin Young Park  ;  Kyung Ran Kim  ;  Su Young Lee  ;  Eun Lee 
Citation
 SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, Vol.118(1-3) : 54-61, 2010 
Journal Title
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
ISSN
 0920-9964 
Issue Date
2010
MeSH
Adolescent ; Bias* ; Female ; Hostility ; Humans ; Male ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ; Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis ; Psychotic Disorders/etiology* ; Psychotic Disorders/psychology* ; Regression Analysis ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Schizophrenia/diagnosis ; Schizophrenia/etiology* ; Schizophrenic Psychology* ; Self Concept ; Social Perception ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult
Keywords
Schizophrenia ; First episode ; Ultra-high risk ; Attribution style ; Bias ; Paranoia ; Persecutory symptoms
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Attribution style bias, such as a greater tendency to perceive hostility, has been reported to be associated with paranoia in multi-episode, chronic schizophrenia patients. The aim of this study was to investigate whether young, first-episode schizophrenia patients exhibited a perceived hostility bias and if this bias was correlated with persecutory symptoms. This study also explored whether this attribution bias, associated with paranoid tendencies, also emerged in participants at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis.

METHODS: Thirty-nine normal controls, 24 UHR participants, and 20 young, first-episode schizophrenia patients were asked to complete the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ) and other psychosocial measures. The AIHQ, specifically developed for paranoia, is a self-report questionnaire about negative outcomes that varied intentionality (i.e., intentional, accidental, and ambiguous intentions). The perceived hostility, composite blame, and aggression bias scores were calculated, in this study, from the ambiguous situations.

RESULTS: First-episode patients with schizophrenia were found to have a perceived hostility bias, which was associated with persecutory symptoms. The UHR participants also showed an attribution bias for perceiving hostility and blaming others, and this attribution bias was linked to the paranoia process.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that a biased attribution style linked with paranoid symptoms may not only be present in first-episode psychotic patients but may already have evolved prior to the onset of frank psychotic symptoms. A biased attribution style may play a pivotal role in the persecutory process during the prodromal phase as well as a patient's first schizophrenic episode.
Full Text
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920996410000770
DOI
10.1016/j.schres.2010.01.025
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Psychiatry (정신과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Jee In(강지인) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2818-7183
Kim, Kyung Ran(김경란) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-1851
Park, Jin Young(박진영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5351-9549
An, Suk Kyoon(안석균) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-6184
Lee, Su Young(이수영)
Lee, Eun(이은) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-0144
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/100854
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