RT journal article
T1 Vulnerability to Psychosis, Ideas of Reference and Evaluation with an Implicit Test
A1 Bendala-Rodríguez, Pedro
A1 Senín Calderón, María Cristina
A1 Peluso-Crespi, Leonardo
A1 Rodríguez-Testal, Juan F.
A2 Psicología
K1 ideas of reference
K1 aberrant salience
K1 psychosis
K1 psychotic-like experiences
K1 emotional counting Stroop
AB Background: Ideas of reference (IRs) are observed in the general population on the continuum of the psychotic phenotype (as a type of psychotic-like experiences, PLE). The instruments usually used to evaluate IRs show some problems: They depend on the cooperation of the participant, comprehension of items, social desirability, etc. Aims: The Testal emotional counting Stroop (TECS) was developed for the purpose of improving evaluation of individuals vulnerable to psychosis and its relationship with ideas of reference. The TECS (two versions) was applied as an implicit evaluation instrument for IRs and related processes for early identification of persons vulnerable to psychosis and to test the possible influence of emotional symptomatology. Method: A total of 160 participants (67.5% women) from the general population were selected (Mean (M) = 24.12 years, standard deviation (SD) = 5.28), 48 vulnerable and 112 non-vulnerable. Results: Vulnerability to psychosis was related to greater latency in response to referential stimuli. Version 4 of the TECS showed a slight advantage in identifying more latency in response to referential stimuli among participants with vulnerability to psychosis (Cohen's d = 1.08). Emotional symptomatology (especially stress), and IQ (premorbid) mediated the relationship between vulnerability and IR response latency. Conclusions: The application of the implicit Testal emotional counting Stroop test (TECS) is useful for evaluating processes related to vulnerability to psychosis, as demonstrated by the increased latency of response to referential stimuli.
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383
YR 2019
FD 2019-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22228
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22228
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 15-nov-2026