Low Self-Esteem and Peer Problems As Mediators of the Schizotypy – Reactive Aggression Relationship in Children and Adolescents

1,301 8-to-14-year-olds were assessed on whether paranoid/non-paranoid features of schizotypy were associated with reactive forms of aggression, and if peer problems and low self-esteem mediated this relationship. Children with paranoid and non-paranoid schizotypal features were more likely to be reactively aggressive, a relationship mediated by peer problems and low self-esteem.