The relationship between fantasy proneness and schizotypy in adolescents.
Previous research has found substantial relationships between fantasy proneness and schizotypy in adulthood. The aim of the present study is to examine the connections between these constructs in an adolescent sample. A sample of 511 adolescents filled out a measure of fantasy proneness and a measure of psychotic-like phenomena. The factorial pattern for schizotypal traits in adolescents replicate the earlier documented three-factor structure. Also, the full range of schizotypal features was found to be related to imaginative tendencies tapped by fantasy proneness. Finally, joint analysis of fantasy and schizotypy showed that, in adolescents, fantasy converges with magical ideation and the cognitive-perceptual dimension of schizotypy, but diverges from the interpersonal aspects of schizotypy.
Sánchez-Bernardos
María Luisa
ML
Department of Personality, Assessment, and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Avia
María Dolores
MD
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008273:Magic; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires