Monocausal attribution and its relationship with reasoning biases in schizophrenia.

摘要: Abstract Background Aberrant attributional styles are counted to a set of circumscribed cognitive biases that implicated in the pathogenesis (paranoid) psychosis. However, evidence for specific profile (e.g., an exaggerated self-serving bias, other-blaming bias) has become equivocal over years. More recently, one-sided (monocausal) attributions have been reported patients with Methods We compared large sample diagnosed schizophrenia ( n  = 145) nonclinical controls  = 30) on revised version Internal, Personal and Situational Attributions Questionnaire (IPSAQ-R). In this task, participants assign probability estimates each three potential causes (i.e., myself, others, circumstances) (negative or positive) event. Results Participants displayed abolished bias showed significant preference one-sided/monocausal attributions, which was neither correlated jumping conclusions nor overconfidence errors. School education less monocausal attributions. did not find any congruence between core delusional ideas. Conclusions: Our study corroborates earlier investigations showing may play role psychosis; unlikely represents epiphenomenon established biases. Unexpectedly, external-blaming) shape contents. The true prevalence psychosis is perhaps underestimated study, as groups were equated school education,