Paranoia and emotion perception across the continuum

Abstract

Instead of an enhanced sensitivity for the recognition of emotional states, higher levels of paranoia were linked to a performance deficit on emotion perception tasks. The deficits in emotion perception may reflect the increased skepticism and scrutiny associated with posed emotion tasks (Davis & Gibson, 2000). Research should begin to focus on the underlying mechanisms of emotion perception deficits in paranoia.

Emotional, Cognitive and Behavioral Reactions to Paranoid Symptoms in Clinical and Nonclinical Populations

“…Differences in terms of reactions to paranoid beliefs were expected, even though paranoia is a shared thought process across all individuals. Results showed that paranoia was present across the four groups, as measured by the PEPS and in consonance current findings on the continuity of paranoid ideation (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)30). That is, all individuals presented, to some extent, convictions about others' intentions to harm them.…”

“…Paranoid ideation has been regarded a continuous cognitive construct (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6), as several studies have been supporting over the past decades (7)(8)(9)(10)(11). However, the link between clinical and sub-clinical paranoia and the etiology of paranoid beliefs is not completely understood.…”

“…However, the link between clinical and sub-clinical paranoia and the etiology of paranoid beliefs is not completely understood. Paranoia has a significant impact on cognition and social behavior (2,8,12,13). Studies have also shown the significant effects of persecutory delusions in attribution styles and cognitive reasoning tasks (12,14,15).…”

“…Studies have also shown the significant effects of persecutory delusions in attribution styles and cognitive reasoning tasks (12,14,15). Further, current literature and research suggest that paranoid thoughts arise from the triggering of a paranoid schema or a bias in information processing that can be sensitive to socially ambiguous stimuli, and can influence the processing of threatening situations (2,13,(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). This bias is considered an important factor in the etiology and maintenance of persecutory delusions (13,21,22).…”

Atacar será a melhor defesa? A influência das experiências precoces e da paranoia na agressividade dos jovens açorianos || Is the offence the best defense? Influences of childhood experiences and paranoia in the aggression in Azorean youths

“…Palavras chave: processos cognitivos, processos de grupo e interpessoais, perceção e cognição social A significant body of evidence on the continuity of paranoid experience has supported current conceptualizations of this phenomena as a cognitive and social process that is manifested over a continuum (Célia Barreto Carvalho, Pinto-Gouveia, Peixoto, & Motta, 2014;Combs, Michael, & Penn, 2006;Freeman, Pugh, Vorontsova, Antley, & Slater, 2010;Nuevo et al, 2012). Thus, paranoid ideation can present itself as a normative phenomenon, such as mistrust feelings that occasionally arise in individuals without psychiatric problems, or present itself in more dysfunctional and inflexible fashion, constituting specific psychopathological symptoms (e.g.…”