Self-Confidence and Paranoia: An Experimental Study Using an Immersive Virtual Reality Social Situation.
Behav Cogn Psychother
; 44(1): 56-64, 2016 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Paranoia may build directly upon negative thoughts about the self. There have been few direct experimental tests of this hypothesis.AIMS:
The aim of the study was to test the immediate effects of manipulating self-esteem in individuals vulnerable to paranoia.METHOD:
A two condition cross-over experimental test was conducted. The participants were 26 males reporting paranoid ideation in the past month. Each participant experienced a neutral immersive virtual reality (VR) social environment twice. Before VR participants received a low self-confidence manipulation or a high self-confidence manipulation. The order of manipulation type was randomized. Paranoia about the VR avatars was assessed.RESULTS:
The low self-confidence manipulation, relative to the high self-confidence manipulation, led to significantly more negative social comparison in virtual reality and higher levels of paranoia.CONCLUSIONS:
Level of self-confidence affects the occurrence of paranoia in vulnerable individuals. The clinical implication is that interventions designed to improve self-confidence may reduce persecutory ideation.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transtornos Paranoides
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Autoimagem
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Behav Cogn Psychother
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido