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. 2015 Feb;29(1):79-99.
doi: 10.1521/pedi_2014_28_150. Epub 2014 Aug 7.

Aberrant salience, self-concept clarity, and interview-rated psychotic-like experiences

David C Cicero, Anna R Docherty, Theresa M Becker, Elizabeth A Martin, John G Kerns

Aberrant salience, self-concept clarity, and interview-rated psychotic-like experiences

David C Cicero et al. J Pers Disord. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

Many social-cognitive models of psychotic-like symptoms posit a role for self-concept and aberrant salience. Previous work has shown that the interaction between aberrant salience and self-concept clarity is associated with self-reported psychotic-like experiences. In the current research with two structured interviews, the interaction between aberrant salience and self-concept clarity was found to be associated with interview-rated psychotic-like experiences. The interaction was associated with psychotic-like experiences composite scores, delusional ideation, grandiosity, and perceptual anomalies. In all cases, self-concept clarity was negatively associated with psychotic-like experiences at high levels of aberrant salience, but unassociated with psychotic-like experiences at low levels of aberrant salience. The interaction was specific to positive psychotic-like experiences and not present for negative or disorganized ratings. The interaction was not mediated by self-esteem levels. These results provide further evidence that aberrant salience and self-concept clarity play an important role in the generation of psychotic-like experiences.

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Psychotic-like experiences composite scores as a function of aberrant salience and self-concept clarity.
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Mediated moderation analysis of self-esteem mediating the moderated relation between self-concept clarity and psychotic-like experiences by aberrant salience
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