The association of the persecutory ideation questionnaire with clinically-relevant and other outcomes: the moderating role of confidence.

ABSTRACT: One of the most used self-administered instruments to assess persecutory delusions is the Persecutory Ideation Questionnaire (PIQ). Individual differences in PIQ scores are important because they predict the severity of symptoms associated with psychosis-related disorders. The current research demonstrates that PIQ is associated with two new outcomes: Satisfaction with life (Studies 1 and 2) and therapy length needed for hospital discharge (Study 2). Most relevant, we introduce meta-cognitive confidence in one's scale responses as a construct capable of improving the predictive validity of the PIQ. Across two studies, participants from the general population (Study 1) and from a clinical sample (Study 2) completed the PIQ and then reported the confidence in their responses. As expected, th

SUBMITTER: Diaz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11233644 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature