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Loneliness, positive, negative and disorganised Schizotypy before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Source :
- Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, Vol 29, Iss , Pp 100243- (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2022.
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Abstract
- Loneliness is common in psychosis and occurs along a continuum. Here we investigate inter-relationships between loneliness, three-dimensional schizotypy, and depressive symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.The sample included 507 university students (48.3% participated before and 51.7% during the COVID-19 pandemic) who completed the Multidimensional Schizotypy Scale-Brief, the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms depression scale and the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale. Schizotypy and depression scores were regressed onto loneliness individually and in multiple regressions.The cohorts did not differ in any of the schizotypy domains (all p > .29). Depressive symptoms (p = .05) and loneliness (p = .006) were higher during the pandemic than before. Across cohorts, loneliness was significantly associated with positive (β = 0.23, p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22150013
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 100243-
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.36a150ff69fa490da47ccdc92ac54184
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2022.100243