Schizotypy in adolescence: The role of gender and age

  1. Fonseca-Pedrero, E. 1
  2. Lemos-Giráldez, S. 1
  3. Muñiz, J. 1
  4. García-Cueto, E. 1
  5. Campillo-Álvarez, Á. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Zeitschrift:
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

ISSN: 0022-3018

Datum der Publikation: 2008

Ausgabe: 196

Nummer: 2

Seiten: 161-165

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0B013E318162AA79 PMID: 18277226 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-39149123502 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Zusammenfassung

Schizotypy is a multidimensional personality construct that appears to indicate psychosis proneness. Supposedly, schizotypal traits behave differently depending on a person's age and gender, but few studies have examined this relationship. In our study we used the Thinking and Perceptual Style Questionnaire and the Junior Schizotypy Scales. The sample was made up of 321 students (169 males) with an age range of 12 to 17 years. The results show significant differences in gender and age groups. Males score higher than females on Physical Anhedonia, Social Anhedonia, and Impulsive Non-Conformity scales, while females score higher or Positive Symptoms, Negative Evaluation, and Social Paranoia scales. Significant differences were also found among age groups: Unusual experiences, self-referent ideation, social paranoia, thought disorder, and negative evaluation were more frequent in later stages of adolescence. However, the meaning of this difference could be interpreted in terms of emotional turbulence rather than as a direct indicator of vulnerability to psychosis. © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.