Early psychopathological features in Spanish adolescents.
Schizotypal experiences and depressive symptoms are quite common among adolescents, and have been considered as risk markers for schizophrenia-spectrum and mood disorders. The main goal of the present study was to analyze the relationship between schizotypal experiences and depressive symptoms in a community sample of non-clinical adolescents. The sample comprised a total of 1653 participants, 794 male (48%), with an average age of 15.94 years (SD = 1.23). Results showed that schizotypal traits and depressive symptoms were closely related at a subclinical level. Canonical correlation analysis indicated that the two sets of variables shared approximately 48% of the variance. The study of the dimensionality underlying the subscales of the self-reports revealed the presence of three components, namely: Depressive, Anhedonia and Reality Distortion. These results are convergent with previous studies conducted in both clinical and non-clinical samples, indicating overlap between schizotypal experiences and depressive symptoms.
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain. efonseca@cop.es
Eduardo
E
Fonseca-Pedrero
Mercedes
M
Paino
Serafín
S
Lemos-Giráldez
Susana
S
Sierra-Baigrie
Nuria
N
Ordóñez-Camblor
José
J
Muñiz
D000293:Adolescent; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D057566:Self Report; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult