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Persecutory delusions and recall of threatening propositions
Author(s) -
Kaney Sue,
Wolfenden Melanie,
Dewey Michael E.,
Bentall Richard P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1992.tb00971.x
Subject(s) - recall , psychology , delusion , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , developmental psychology
Subjects suffering from persecutory delusions, psychiatric controls and normal subjects were required to recall immediately six passages of prose, half of which contained mildly threatening propositions. Deluded subjects recalled fewer propositions overall but more propositions of specifically threatening content. These findings suggest that the role of recall bias in persecutory delusions merits further study.