Does contextual information influence positive and negative schizotypy scores in healthy individuals? The answer is maybe.
Defensive responding in schizotypy questionnaires might depend on context. Students completed a schizotypy questionnaire in a "psychiatric" context or a "creativity" context. Positive, but not negative, schizotypy scores were lower in the psychiatry than in the creativity group, but findings applied mainly to male participants. The implications of these findings are critically discussed.
Mohr
Christine
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, 8 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TN, UK. Christine.Mohr@bristol.ac.uk
Leonards
Ute
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires