ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
The Wrong Culprit: Anxiety, Not Psychotic-like Experiences, Mediates Social Functioning
- Wisteria Deng
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Tyler Grove
University of Michigan - Patricia Deldin
University of Michigan
Abstract
Our poster presents the results of a mediation study, which aimed to explore the role of anxiety in shaping the established relationship between psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and social impairments. We also looked into sub-scales of PLEs--Introverted Anhedonia is the only dimension that predicts a hindered social functioning ability.
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