Open AccessThe relationship between temperament and character and subclinical psychotic-like experiences in healthy adults
Author(s) -
George C. Nitzburg,
Anil K. Malhotra,
Pamela DeRosse
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1778-3585
pISSN - 0924-9338
DOI - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2013.11.006
Subject(s) - harm avoidance , cooperativeness , temperament and character inventory , psychology , temperament , subclinical infection , persistence (discontinuity) , personality , clinical psychology , reward dependence , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , schizotypy , schizotypal personality disorder , psychosis , developmental psychology , personality disorders , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , geotechnical engineering , engineering
Considerable data support phenomenological and temporal continuity between psychotic disorders and subclinical psychotic-like experiences (PLE's). Although numerous studies have found similar personality correlates for schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder patients, their unaffected first-degree relatives, and healthy adults characterized for schizotypal traits, no study has yet investigated personality correlates of PLE's measured by the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE). Our study sought to examine personality correlates of PLE's using the CAPE in healthy adults.