The assumption that a low sense of self-worth can give rise to paranoid delusions is relevant
from a therapeutic perspective, but research has been inconsistent. The present study …

Objectives. To investigate whether different selfattributes would be associated with different
degrees of deservedness of persecution in a clinical paranoid sample. Background. Some …

Background Immigration status is a significant risk factor for psychotic disorders, and a
number of studies have reported more severe positive and affective symptoms among …

Only recently research in social psychology has started to systematically investigate
intergroup attitudes among members of stigmatized minority groups. In particular, the study …

Objective. A number of cognitive biases have been identified relevant to persecutory thought
(eg exaggerated selfserving bias). Moreover, findings of increased depressed mood in …

The aim of this study was to examine the contents of world views held by patients with
current persecutory beliefs. We examined whether these beliefs in a just world (BJW) were …

Abstract Background and Hypothesis Exposure to childhood maltreatment—a risk factor for
psychosis is associated with paranoia—may impact one's beliefs about the world and how …

Paranoid beliefs are associated with negative and malevolent views of others. This study,
however, explored hostile and compassionate selftoself relating in regard to paranoid …

Reduced metacognitive abilities—difficulty making sense of and understanding oneself and
others—have been found to be key predictors of social functioning across a range of clinical …

Paranoia and conspiracy are terms typically used interchangeably. However, although the
underlying content of these types of beliefs might be similar (eg, seeing others as powerful …