Studies investigating the relationship between self-esteem and paranoia have specifically focused on level, but neglected dynamic aspects of self-esteem. In present article, authors investigated in two different ways. First, 154 individuals ranging across continuum level were studied with Experience Sampling Method (a structured self-assessment diary technique) to assess association trait fluctuation daily life. Results showed that was associated both lower levels higher instability Second,...

OBJECTIVES. The evidence to date for a causal role of emotions in the generation paranoid symptoms is scarce, mainly because lack studies investigating longitudinal association between emotional processes and paranoia. primary aim this study was investigate whether momentary experiences (anxiety, depression, anger/irritability) self-esteem predicted onset duration episode. We also studied levels were respectively higher lower during DESIGN. A 1-week, prospective assessment study. METHODS....

Deficits in emotion processing are thought to underlie the key negative symptoms flat affect and anhedonia observed psychotic disorders. This study investigated emotional experience social behavior realm of daily life a sample patients with schizophrenia schizoaffective disorder, stratified by level symptoms.Emotional 149 disorder 143 controls were explored using Experience Sampling Method.Patients reported lower levels positive higher compared controls. High symptom similar stability...

Glaser J‐P, Van Os J, Thewissen V, Myin‐Germeys I. Psychotic reactivity in borderline personality disorder. Objective: To investigate the stress relatedness and paranoia specificity of psychosis disorder (BPD). Method: Fifty‐six patients, 38 patients with cluster C disorder, 81 psychotic 49 healthy controls were studied experience sampling method (a structured diary technique) to assess: i) appraised subjective ii) intensity experiences. Results: All patient groups experienced significantly...

In 2005 Andreasen proposed criteria for remission in schizophrenia. It is unclear whether these reflect symptom reduction and improved social functioning daily life.To investigate symptomatic real life, comparing patients meeting criteria, not healthy controls.The Experience Sampling Method (ESM), a structured diary technique, was used to explore real-life symptoms 177 with (remitted non-remitted) schizophrenia spectrum disorders 148 controls.Of patients, 70 met remission. These reported...

In this article, a data-driven approach was adopted to demonstrate how real-life diary techniques [ie, the experience sampling method (ESM)] could be deployed for assessment purposes in patients with psychotic disorder, delivering individualized and clinically relevant information. The dataset included an acute phase of psychosis focus on paranoia as one main symptoms (30 high levels 34 low paranoia). Based individual cases, it demonstrated (1) symptom mood patterns, (2) patterns social...

The experience of emotional intimacy is assumed to play a particularly large role in maintaining sexual desire and partnered activity romantic relationships longer duration. It unclear whether the effect on contact between partners direct or indirect, via its impact desire. Baumeister Bratslavsky suggested that certain increment causes greater men than women. In present study, we aimed test mediating perceived partner interaction gender as hypothesized by Bratslavsky. Experience sampling...

SUMMARY Background: The interplay between the catechol‐ O ‐methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism and environmental stress may have etiological relevance for psychosis, but differential effects been reported in healthy control patient groups, suggesting that COMT interactions with be conditional on background genetic risk psychotic disorder. Methods: Patients a nonaffective disorder (n = 86) participants 109) were studied experience sampling method (a structured diary technique)...

Background Experimental studies have indicated that social contact, even when it is neutral, triggers paranoid thinking in people who score high on clinical or subclinical paranoia. We investigated whether contextual variables are predictive of momentary increases the intensity a sample participants ranging across psychometric paranoia continuum. Method The ( n =154) consisted 30 currently patients, 34 non-paranoid 15 remitted psychotic 38 high-schizotypy participants, and 37 control...

Hypothesized relationships between experiential avoidance (EA), self-esteem, and paranoia were tested using structural equation modeling in a sample of student participants (N = 427). EA everyday life was also investigated the Experience Sampling Method subsample students scoring high 17) low 15) on paranoia. Results showed that paranoid had lower self-esteem reported higher levels than nonparanoid participants. The interactive influence stress predicted negative self-esteem: particularly...

Peerbooms O, Rutten BPF, Collip D, Lardinois M, Lataster T, Thewissen V, Mafi Rad S, Drukker Kenis G, van Os J, Myin‐Germeys I, Winkel R. Evidence that interactive effects of COMT and MTHFR moderate psychotic response to environmental stress. Objective: A functional interaction between Catechol‐O‐Methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T has been shown differentially affect cognition in patients with schizophrenia healthy controls; the effect × on...

Sleep disturbances are prevalent among individuals with a psychotic disorder and have been linked to symptoms of paranoia across the entire psychosis continuum. Emerging evidence suggests that rather than secondary symptom, poor quality sleep may contribute elevated paranoid ideation. We investigated temporal dynamics ideation using experience sampling method in 42 acutely disorder, 32 nonparanoid 41 high schizotypy traits. applied time-lagged mixed multilevel modeling tease apart effect on...

Previous studies have suggested that culture impacts the experience of psychosis. The current study set out to extend these findings by examining cultural variation in subclinical positive psychotic experiences students from Netherlands, Nigeria, and Norway. Positive were hypothesized (i) be more frequently endorsed by, (ii) cause less distress Nigerian vs. Dutch Norwegian students.Psychology students, aged 18 30 years, universities Netherlands (n = 245), Nigeria 478), Norway 162) assessed...

Blockade of dopamine D(2) receptors is thought to mediate the therapeutic effects antipsychotic medication but may also induce social indifference. As drugs differ in receptor binding, "tight" and "loose" binding be hypothesized differentially affect emotional experience. The present study investigates differential relatively tight versus looser on experience emotions realm daily life.We assessed positive negative life 109 patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis psychotic disorder who were...

Abstract The present study sets out to further elucidate the complex relationship between daily hassles, snacking, and negative affect (NA). aim of was examine whether or not moment‐to‐moment energy intake from snacks moderates association momentary stress NA. And, if so, can this moderating effect be replicated by using amount macronutrient (i.e., carbohydrates, fat, protein) as moderator on NA? Adults ( N = 269), aged 20–50 years, participated in study. Stress, NA, snack were assessed 10...

Background: Consuming alcohol for coping with negative affect (NA) or enhancing positive (PA) may lead to risky drinking patterns. Previous research has yielded mixed findings regarding these affective associations.Objectives: To examine support the self-medication and expectancy models of use in an adult community sample, by examining reciprocal associations between consumption NA PA within persons.Methods: During seven consecutive days, 162 adults from (109 female) reported their...

This study focused on lapse shortly after an attempt to quit smoking. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies have mapped real-time situational factors that induce lapses in everyday life. However, the possible role of nonsmoking intention is disregarded dynamic context daily life, whereas plays a key behavior change and shifts during smoking cessation. therefore aimed capture influence lapse, next known risk negative affect, low self-efficacy, craving, positive outcome expectations...

Objective: Affect-related energy intake from snacks remains relatively unexplored in daily life. This study examines the associations between momentary positive affect (PA) and negative (NA) subsequent snacks. In addition, moderating role of BMI, gender, age level education is investigated.Design: Adults (N = 269), aged 20–50, participated this study. Demographics were assessed an online composite questionnaire. An experience sampling smartphone application was used to map NA/PA...

Background It has long been acknowledged that hearing impairment may increase the risk for psychotic experiences. Recent work suggests young people in particular be at risk, indicating a possible developmental mechanism. Method The hypothesis individuals exposed to early adolescence would display highest symptoms was examined prospective cohort study of population sample originally 3021 adolescents and adults aged 14–24 years baseline, Munich, Germany (Early Developmental Stages...