Anderson Fraser, Freeman Daniel
Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2013 Aug;201(8):698-702. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31829c5047.
Paranoid ideation is more common in the general population than previously thought, and it is associated with low socioeconomic status. Daily life hassles, self-mastery, and striving to avoid inferiority may partly account for this association, but these factors have not been examined in relation to paranoid thoughts. Two hundred fifteen individuals from the general population completed self-report assessments of paranoid thoughts during the last month, daily life hassles, self-mastery, striving to avoid inferiority, and socioeconomic classification. A greater number of daily hassles, low self-mastery, and insecure striving were all associated with greater levels of paranoid thinking. Each variable was associated with markers of socioeconomic status. This study demonstrates for the first time the association of paranoid thoughts with life hassles, self-mastery, and striving to avoid inferiority. Each of the factors examined may be a plausible candidate to account for why lower socioeconomic status is associated with greater perceptions of threat from other people.
偏执观念在普通人群中比之前认为的更为常见，且与社会经济地位低下有关。日常生活中的烦心事、自我掌控感以及力求避免自卑的心理可能在一定程度上解释了这种关联，但这些因素与偏执思维的关系尚未得到研究。来自普通人群的215名个体完成了关于过去一个月内偏执思维、日常生活烦心事、自我掌控感、力求避免自卑以及社会经济分类的自我报告评估。更多的日常烦心事、较低的自我掌控感以及不安全的追求都与更高水平的偏执思维相关。每个变量都与社会经济地位的指标相关。这项研究首次证明了偏执思维与生活烦心事、自我掌控感以及力求避免自卑之间的关联。所研究的每个因素都可能是解释社会经济地位较低为何与对他人威胁的更高感知相关的合理候选因素。
