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Attribution of intentions and context processing in psychometric schizotypy
Rinaldi, R.; Lefebvre, Laurent; Blekic, W. et al.
2018In Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 23, p. 393-407
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Keywords :
Psychotic symptoms
Abstract :
[en] Introduction: Impairment in Theory of mind (TOM) has frequently been associated with schizophrenia and with schizotypy. Studies have found that a tendency to over-attribute intentions and special meaning to events and to people is related to positive psychotic symptoms. Further, it has been suggested that this intentionality bias may be due to a broader deficit in context processing (CP). The aim of the present study was thus to investigate the relationship between positive schizotypy and both over-attribution of intentions and contextual processing. Methods: One-hundred and nineteen healthy individuals completed the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire and were assessed with tasks measuring contextual treatment and ToM. Results: Results revealed that positive schizotypy was significantly related to an over-attribution of intentions on the ToM task and with a faster processing of implicit context. Partial correlational analyses indicated that the association between the attribution of intentions and positive schizotypy was not explained by a deficit of CP. In contrast, stepwise multiple regression analyses showed that both an over-attribution of intentions and a faster processing of implicit context significantly predicted positive schizotypy. Conclusions: These results show that an over-attribution of intention is independent from a broader deficit in context information processing and that they both possibly contribute to the development and maintenance of positive psychotic symptoms. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Rinaldi, R.;  Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Charleroi, Belgium, Cognitive psychology and Neuropsychology Department, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Lefebvre, Laurent
Blekic, W.;  Cognitive psychology and Neuropsychology Department, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Laroi, Frank  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Laloyaux, Julien ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Language :
English
Title :
Attribution of intentions and context processing in psychometric schizotypy
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
ISSN :
1354-6805
eISSN :
1464-0619
Publisher :
Routledge
Volume :
23
Pages :
393-407
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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