School of Communication and International Relations, Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain; School of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences, Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain.
J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Feb;146:135-148. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.12.022. Epub 2021 Dec 24.
Conspiratorial belief is a type of argument that accepts implausible explanations in situations of great uncertainty or mystery. Claiming that the coronavirus is an artificial fabrication of laboratories is an example of conspiracist belief. The aim of this research was to analyze the impact of conspiracist ideation and psychotic-like experiences in patients with schizophrenia, patients with other mental disorders, and participants with no psychiatric history with a 132-day follow-up during the COVID-19 crisis. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied and Bayesian inferences were carried out. The results conclude that conspiracist ideation and psychotic-like experiences increased significantly after 132 days of social-health restrictions in the general population. However, psychotic-like experiences did not increase in patients with schizophrenia. Conspiracist ideation has a quantitative degradation similar to the continuum model of psychosis; it is present both in patients with schizophrenia and in those participants with no clinical history. The psychopathological value of conspiracist ideation within the spectrum of psychosis is discussed.
阴谋论信念是一种在极大的不确定性或神秘感下接受不合理解释的论点。声称冠状病毒是实验室人工制造的就是阴谋论信念的一个例子。本研究旨在分析在 COVID-19 危机期间，对 132 天的随访，阴谋论思维和类精神病体验在精神分裂症患者、其他精神障碍患者和无精神病史参与者中的影响。应用方差分析（ANOVA）和贝叶斯推断。结果表明，在社会健康限制 132 天后，普通人群中的阴谋论思维和类精神病体验显著增加。然而，精神分裂症患者的类精神病体验并没有增加。阴谋论思维具有类似于精神病连续体模型的定量退化；它既存在于精神分裂症患者中，也存在于那些无临床病史的参与者中。讨论了在精神病谱内阴谋论思维的心理病理学价值。
