Social Adversity and Psychosis: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Vulnerability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social adversity is a risk factor for psychosis, but the translating mechanisms are not well understood. This study tests whether the relationship between social adversity and psychosis is mediated by cognitive vulnerability in the form of low perceived social rank, negative schemas related to self and other, and loneliness and whether the putative mediations are specific to psychosis or are largely explained by depression.

Methods

The study was a survey in a community sample (N = 2350) from Germany (n = 786), Indonesia (n = 844), and the United States (n = 720). Mediation path analysis with structural equation modeling was used to test for the specificity of the hypothesized paths to psychosis controlling for depression.

Results

Social adversity had a sign

SUBMITTER: Jaya ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5463978 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature