The complex interplay between schizotypy and emotional, cognitive and psychological factors

摘要: This thesis is focused on the complex relationships between schizotypy and a host of emotional, cognitive psychological factors suggested to be risk or adverse outcomes for psychosis. The interest included: insight, negative affect, wellbeing, self-stigma seeking help, dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs, neurocognition social cognition. interplay these has remained relatively unexplored in was investigated this by utilising multiple regression mediation models five empirical study chapters. Study one found multidimensional traits had differential with insight subcomponents- self-reflectiveness self-certainty. Furthermore, results indicated that relationship wellbeing mediated serial extending “insight paradox” schizotypy. two associated greater subcomponent- self-certainty relationships. three beliefs both subcomponents, affect wellbeing. Against expectations, four only weak associations small number domains trait (impulsive non-conformity), out cognition (theory mind, emotion processing, perception attribution bias), bias Attribution also Combined, findings not provide more coherent understanding occurring schizotypy, but additional evidence patterns are potentially across psychosis continuum.