Predicting psychotic-like experiences among adolescents: the interplay of childhood trauma, cognitive biases, neuroticism, and depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood trauma, cognitive biases, neuroticism, and depression have emerged as crucial risk markers for psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). However, the interplay among these variables in influencing the risk of PLEs remains largely unexplored. This study aims to investigate the effect of the complex relationship between childhood trauma, cognitive biases, neuroticism, and depression on the risk of PLEs among adolescents.

Methods

A total of 4,087 adolescents from three senior high schools were recruited for this study. We utilized the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences to measure PLEs, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire to assess childhood trauma, the Davos Assessment of Cognitive Biases scale to evaluate cognitive biases, the neuroticism subscale of the

SUBMITTER: Xi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11909816 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature