Exploring stigma, shame, and safety behaviours in social anxiety and paranoia amongst people diagnosed with schizophrenia
Social anxiety and paranoia are positively correlated. <i>In situ</i> safety behaviours fully mediated the social anxiety and paranoia relationship. Targeted interventions focusing on safety behaviours could help reduce paranoia in psychosis. Symptom severity should be measured to help characterise the participants' characteristics.
Authors
- Andrew Gumley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-938X)
- Daniel Freeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2541-2197)
- Warut Aunjitsakul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-3592)
- Sinéad Lambe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-8109)
- Hamish J. McLeod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-1815)
- Kreuwan Jongbowonwiwat
Institutions
- Prince of Songkla University (TH)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1352465824000225
- Primary Topic
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00