Self-concept and Narrative Identity in Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

Disturbances of the narrative self and personal identity accompany the onset of psychotic disorders in late adolescence and early adulthood (a formative developmental stage for self-concept and personal narratives). However, these issues have primarily been studied retrospectively after illness onset, limiting any inferences about their developmental course.

Study design

Youth at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) (n = 49) and matched healthy comparison youth (n = 52) completed a life story interview (including self-defining memory, turning point, life challenge, and psychotic-like experience) and questionnaires assessing self-esteem, self-beliefs, self-concept clarity, and ruminative/reflective self-focus. Trained raters coded interviews for na

SUBMITTER: Cowan HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11283199 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature