Increased likelihood of distressing and functionally impairing psychotic-like experiences among children with co-occurring internalising and externalising problems

Gutteridge, Tiffany P.; Kelly, Adrian B.; Laurens, Kristin

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2023.01.017

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“…Data for analysis were drawn from the London Child Health and Development Study, within which self‐ and caregiver‐reported questionnaires were administered to a general population sample of children aged 9–11 years who attended government and religious primary schools in Greater London, United Kingdom (Gutteridge et al., 2023; Laurens & Cullen, 2016). Ethical approval for the study was provided by the Joint South London and Maudsley and the Institute of Psychiatry National Health Service Research Ethics Committee.…”

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Measurement invariance across age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology of the Psychotic‐Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children in a community sample

Piltz

Carpendale

Laurens

2023

Int J Methods Psych Res

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ObjectivesThe current study aimed to assess the measurement invariance of the 9‐item self‐report Psychotic‐Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children (PLEQ‐C) across various demographic (age, gender, ethnicity) and psychopathology profiles in a community sample of children.MethodsChildren aged 9–11 years (n = 613; M age = 10.4 years [SD = 0.8]; 50.9% female) completed questionnaire screening at school, with primary caregivers returning questionnaires by mail from home. Configural, metric, scalar, and residual invariance of the PLEQ‐C scores were investigated across groups differentiated by age (9; 10; 11 years), gender (female; male), ethnicity (white; black; other), and by child‐reported and caregiver‐reported psychopathology (abnormal rating; not abnormal).ResultsThe PLEQ‐C scores demonstrated good unidimensional model fit. Full configural, metric, scalar, and residual invariance were demonstrated across gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology (both child‐ and caregiver‐reported). Across age groups, the PLEQ‐C scores showed full configural and metric invariance, but only partial scalar and residual invariance (with a single item measuring differently among 11‐year‐olds).ConclusionsIn this community sample, the PLEQ‐C was robust to age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology profiles, providing evidence of its capacity to identify children in the general population who might benefit from further assessment to determine the clinical significance of their psychotic experiences.

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Measurement invariance across age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology of the Psychotic‐Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children in a community sample

Piltz

Carpendale

Laurens

2023

Int J Methods Psych Res

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Associations between social engagement, internalizing symptoms, and delusional ideation in the general population

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Moussa-Tooks,

Sheffield

2023

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Background: Delusions are a hallmark feature of psychotic disorders and lead to signi cant 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 de cits 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, speci cally. 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.Results: Delusional ideation was signi cantly 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 signi cantly associated with increased internalizing symptoms (r=-0.29, p<0.001). Cross-sectional models suggest that internalizing symptoms have a signi cant indirect effect on the association between delusional ideation and social engagement.Conclusions: These ndings 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.

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Increased likelihood of distressing and functionally impairing psychotic-like experiences among children with co-occurring internalising and externalising problems

Cited by 2 publications

References 41 publications

Measurement invariance across age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology of the Psychotic‐Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children in a community sample

Measurement invariance across age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology of the Psychotic‐Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children in a community sample

Associations between social engagement, internalizing symptoms, and delusional ideation in the general population

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