Childhood Cat Bites Relate to Increased Adulthood Severity of Schizotypy, Psychotic-Like Experiences, and Social Anhedonia in a Transdiagnostic Psychiatric Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous research has linked childhood cat scratches and bites to an increased risk for depression, and childhood cat ownership to increased risk of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and social anhedonia. Our group previously reported that childhood cat bites, but not ownership, related to increased schizotypy severity in an undergraduate sample.

Methods

The current study expands this research by inquiring about cat bites and ownership in a transdiagnostic adult sample (N = 162; 51% female; mean age = 38.15, SD = 10.65), composed of schizophrenia spectrum disorders (n = 30), bipolar disorders (n = 30), unipolar depression (n = 23), and nonpsychiatric participants (n = 79). Participants completed a diagnostic interview, scales of symptom severity, and a cat intera

SUBMITTER: Bedwell JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7239751 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature