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Associations between social engagement, internalizing symptoms, and delusional ideation in the general population.
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Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology [Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 59 (6), pp. 989-1002. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 25. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Delusions are a hallmark feature of psychotic disorders and lead to significant clinical and functional impairment. Internalizing symptoms-such as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and trauma exposure-are commonly cited to be related to delusions and delusional ideation and are often associated with deficits in social functioning. While emerging studies are investigating the impact of low social engagement on psychotic-like experiences, little work has examined the relationship between social engagement, internalizing symptoms, and delusional ideation, specifically.<br />Methods: Using general population data from the Nathan Kline Institute-Rockland (NKI-Rockland) database (N = 526), we examined the relationships between self-reported delusional ideation, internalizing symptoms, and social engagement and tested four indirect effect models to understand how these factors interrelate.<br />Results: Delusional ideation was significantly associated with both increased internalizing symptoms (r = 0.41, p < 0.001) and lower social engagement (r = - 0.14, p = 0.001). Within aspects of social engagement, perceived emotional support showed the strongest relationship with delusional ideation (r = - 0.17, p < 0.001). Lower social engagement was also significantly associated with increased internalizing symptoms (r = - 0.29, p < 0.001). Cross-sectional models suggest that internalizing symptoms have a significant indirect effect on the association between delusional ideation and social engagement.<br />Conclusions: These findings reveal that elevated delusional ideation in the general population is associated with lower social engagement. Elevated internalizing symptoms appear to play a critical role in reducing engagement, possibly exacerbating delusional thinking. Future work should examine the causal and temporal relationships between these factors.<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.)
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- Humans
Female
Male
Adult
Middle Aged
Psychotic Disorders psychology
Psychotic Disorders epidemiology
Young Adult
Aged
Adolescent
Social Participation psychology
Self Report
Social Support
Delusions psychology
Delusions epidemiology
Depression psychology
Depression epidemiology
Anxiety psychology
Anxiety epidemiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1433-9285
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37624462
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02540-x