Sub-Clinical Paranoia Essay
ABSTRACT
The present research intended to investigate academic performance in relation to sub-clinical paranoia. For this purpose, a sample of 290 students (145 males and 145 females) enrolled in University of Karachi with ages ranging from 19 years to 22 years were approached. They were administered with General Paranoia Scale (Fenigstein & Vanable, 1992), translated and adapted in Urdu (Farhan & Ali,2012). Pearson Product Moment correlation analyses revealed that no evident relationship exists between the variables of interest. Hence, the hypothesis had been disapproved.
INTRODUCTION
Interest in the cognitive aspects of paranoid beliefs and attributions have enhanced lately (McKay, Langdon, Coltheart, 2005). Hence providing an opportunity to explore the phenomenon further.
Paranoia is Greek word comprising of para “beside by” and noos “mind”. It may be defined in terms of pervasive distrust of others to an extent that their motives are infers as malicious (Bernstein, Useda, Siever, 1995). Fenigstein and Vanable defined sub-clinical form of paranoia as a means of thought identified by exaggerated biases related to the self that may be evident in the normal routine behavior (1992).
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Increased levels of paranoid ideation have been found to be associated to increased depressed mood, social anxiety, avoidance, evaluation apprehension, self -assessment and lower self-esteem (Martin: Penn,2001). Ellet, Lopes and Chadwick examined the prevalence of paranoid ideation in a non-clinical sample. 153 out of 324 college students reported an experience of paranoia with an intention to harm and scored better on the paranoia scale. People with paranoid ideation have distinguished ways of information processing and seek less information while making judgements (Gartey. Hensley, &
The present research intended to investigate academic performance in relation to sub-clinical paranoia. For this purpose, a sample of 290 students (145 males and 145 females) enrolled in University of Karachi with ages ranging from 19 years to 22 years were approached. They were administered with General Paranoia Scale (Fenigstein & Vanable, 1992), translated and adapted in Urdu (Farhan & Ali,2012). Pearson Product Moment correlation analyses revealed that no evident relationship exists between the variables of interest. Hence, the hypothesis had been disapproved.
INTRODUCTION
Interest in the cognitive aspects of paranoid beliefs and attributions have enhanced lately (McKay, Langdon, Coltheart, 2005). Hence providing an opportunity to explore the phenomenon further.
Paranoia is Greek word comprising of para “beside by” and noos “mind”. It may be defined in terms of pervasive distrust of others to an extent that their motives are infers as malicious (Bernstein, Useda, Siever, 1995). Fenigstein and Vanable defined sub-clinical form of paranoia as a means of thought identified by exaggerated biases related to the self that may be evident in the normal routine behavior (1992).
Sub-clinical forms of paranoid …show more content…
Increased levels of paranoid ideation have been found to be associated to increased depressed mood, social anxiety, avoidance, evaluation apprehension, self -assessment and lower self-esteem (Martin: Penn,2001). Ellet, Lopes and Chadwick examined the prevalence of paranoid ideation in a non-clinical sample. 153 out of 324 college students reported an experience of paranoia with an intention to harm and scored better on the paranoia scale. People with paranoid ideation have distinguished ways of information processing and seek less information while making judgements (Gartey. Hensley, &