The daily association between positive affect and psychotic experiences in individuals along the early stages of the psychosis continuum.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Psychosis often develops gradually along a continuum of severity. Little is known about the role of protective factors such as positive affect (PA) in the development of psychotic experiences (PEs). This study investigated i) the temporal (between-day) and contemporaneous (within-day) daily associations between PA and PEs in individuals at different early clinical stages for psychosis and ii) whether these associations differed per clinical stage.

Methods

Daily diary data for 90 days came from 96 individuals at risk for psychosis, distributed over four subgroups defined according to the clinical staging model (stages 0-1b). We constructed multilevel models with PA as a predictor of PEs and vice versa. We investigated within- and between-person temporal and conte

SUBMITTER: van der Tuin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11390539 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature