title: Understanding the relationship between schematic beliefs, bullying, and unusual experiences in 8-14 year olds.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cognitive models of adult psychosis propose that negative schematic beliefs (NSBs) mediate the established association between victimisation and psychotic symptoms. In childhood, unusual, or psychotic-like, experiences are associated with bullying (a common form of victimisation) and NSBs. This study tests the mediating role of NSBs in the relationship between bullying and distressing unusual experiences (UEDs) in childhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-four 8-14 year olds referred to community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services completed self-report assessments of UEDs, bullying, and NSBs about the self (NS) and others (NO).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both NS and NO were associated with bullying (NS: r=.40, P<.001; NO: r=.33, P=.002), and with UEDs (NS: r=.51, P<.001; NO: r=.43, P<.001). Both NS and NO significantly mediated the relationship between bullying and UEDs (NS: z=3.15, P=.002; NO: z=2.35, P=.019).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children's NSBs may mediate the adverse psychological impact of victimisation, and are appropriate treatment targets for young people with UEDs. Early educational intervention to reduce negative appraisals of the self and others may increase resilience to future adverse experiences and reduce later mental health risk.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Department of Psychology, London, UK. Electronic address: jasmine.anilmis@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Anilmis
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Department of Psychology, London, UK; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roddy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Department of Psychology, London, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hassanali
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muccio
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bracegirdle
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corrigall
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health Research Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre and Dementia Unit (BRC/U), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, London, UK; University of New South Wales, School of Psychiatry, Research Unit for Schizophrenia Epidemiology, Sydney, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Laurens
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Department of Psychology, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre and Dementia Unit (BRC/U), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; University of Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Department of Psychology, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre and Dementia Unit (BRC/U), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuipers
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maddox
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Department of Psychology, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jolley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D058445:Bullying; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: Childhood; Cognitive model; Cognitive therapy; Life event; PLE; Psychotic-like experience