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Immersive virtual reality as a novel approach to investigate the association between adverse events and adolescent paranoid ideation.
Gayer-Anderson, Charlotte; Knowles, Gemma; Beards, Stephanie; Turner, Alice; Stanyon, Daniel; Davis, Sam; Blakey, Rachel; Lowis, Katie; Dorn, Lynsey; Ofori, Aisha; Rus-Calafell, Mar; Morgan, Craig; Valmaggia, Lucia.
Afiliación
  • Gayer-Anderson C; Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK. charlotte.gayer-anderson@kcl.ac.uk.
  • Knowles G; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, UK. charlotte.gayer-anderson@kcl.ac.uk.
  • Beards S; Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
  • Turner A; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Stanyon D; Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
  • Davis S; Centre for Evidence and Implementation, London, UK.
  • Blakey R; Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
  • Lowis K; School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
  • Dorn L; Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
  • Ofori A; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Rus-Calafell M; Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Morgan C; Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
  • Valmaggia L; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, UK.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38942902
ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

Paranoid ideation is common among adolescents, yet little is known about the precursors. Using a novel immersive virtual reality (VR) paradigm, we tested whether experiences of bullying, and other interpersonal/threatening events, are associated with paranoid ideation to a greater degree than other types of (i) non-interpersonal events or (ii) adverse childhood experiences.

METHODS:

Self-reported exposure to adverse life events and bullying was collected on 481 adolescents, aged 11-15. We used mixed effects (multilevel) linear regression to estimate the magnitude of associations between risk factors and paranoid ideation, assessed by means of adolescents' reactions to ambiguously behaving avatars in a VR school canteen, adjusting for putative confounders (gender, year group, ethnicity, free school meal status, place of birth, family mental health problems).

RESULTS:

Lifetime exposure to interpersonal/threatening events, but not non-interpersonal events or adverse circumstances, was associated with higher levels of state paranoid ideation, with further evidence that the effect was cumulative (1 type ϐadj 0.07, 95% CI -0.01-0.14; 2 types ϐadj 0.14, 95% CI 0.05-0.24; 3 + types ϐadj 0.24, 95% CI 0.12-0.36). More tentatively, for girls, but not boys, recent bullying was associated with heightened paranoid ideation with effect estimates ranging from ϐadj 0.06 (95% CI -0.02-0.15) for physical bullying to ϐadj 0.21 (95% CI 0.10-0.32) for cyber bullying.

CONCLUSIONS:

Our data suggest a degree of specificity for adversities involving interpersonal threat or hostility, i.e. those that involve unwanted interference and/or attempted control of an individual's personal boundaries being associated with heightened levels of state paranoid ideation among adolescents.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS SOCIAIS / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS SOCIAIS / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article