Background Aberrant attributional styles are counted to a set of circumscribed cognitive
biases that are implicated in the pathogenesis of (paranoid) psychosis. However, evidence …

Attributional biases are assumed to be part of the pathogenesis of persecutory delusions.
The aim of the present study was to explore whether such biases are confined to current …

Introduction: Biases in causal attributions and evidence integration have been implicated in
delusions, but have not been investigated simultaneously to examine additive or …

Studies on attribution biases in schizophrenia have produced mixed results, whereas such
biases have been more consistently reported in people with anxiety disorders. Anxiety …

Objectives Attributional biases to externalize blame for negative events (externalizing bias)
and to target other people for blame (personalizing bias) may constitute a vulnerability to …

It has been suggested that an exaggerated self-serving bias may underlie the formation of
paranoia. One goal of the present study was to explore whether an abnormality of …

Background Social cognition is often aberrant or impaired in psychotic disorders and related
to functional outcomes. In particular, one core social cognitive bias–hostile attribution bias …

Background. The aims of the study were to investigate whether (i) patients with lifetime
presence of non-affective psychosis show an external-personal attribution bias for negative …

Introduction. The knowledge of the specificity of cognitive biases in psychiatric disorders is
important in order to develop disorder-specific cognitive models and therapies. This cross …

Theoretical models postulate an important role of attributional style (AS) in the formation and
maintenance of persecutory delusions and other positive symptoms of schizophrenia …