APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Social Connectivity in Psychosis: Individuals Experiencing High Levels of Paranoia Benefit Less from Social Connections
- Jessica Mickens
University of Maryland, College Park - Alexandra Andrea
University of Maryland, College Park - Christina Savage
University of Maryland, College Park - Melanie Bennett
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine; Maryland Psychiatric Research Center - Jack Blanchard
University of Maryland, College Park
Abstract
We examined the relationship between paranoia and benefits usually associated with social connectivity. Greater social connectivity was related to lower perceptions of others as rejecting or hostile in those low in paranoia but not for those high in paranoia. Paranoia may interfere with the salutary effect of social relationships.
Psychopathology
