Youth psychotic experiences: psychometric evaluation and diagnostic associations of the CAPE-16 in adolescents from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent self-reported psychotic experiences are associated with mental illness and could help guide prevention strategies. Youth report substantially more experiences than adults. However, with large societal changes like the digital revolution and COVID-19 pandemic, existing questionnaires may no longer accurately capture youth experiences. We aimed to determine the ability of the CAPE-16 questionnaire in capturing psychotic experiences across contexts (biological sex and COVID-19 response) and generations, thereby validating important psychometric aspects of the tool in modern adolescents.

Methods

We used data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Study (MoBa), a population-based pregnancy cohort. Adolescents responded to the CAPE-16 questionnaire (n = 

SUBMITTER: Birkenæs V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12699121 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature