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Childhood abuse and schizotypal personality
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 04/14/09

Steel C et al. - The results suggest the need for further research to improve the specificity of the identification of individuals who may be at risk of a transition to psychosis.

Methods

An internet questionnaire produced three groups of participants who had suffered discrete forms of childhood abuse.

Results

Individuals who had suffered physical or sexual abuse exhibited higher levels of paranoia/suspiciousness and unusual perceptual experiences, but not magical thinking.
Individuals who had suffered emotional abuse did not show higher scores within any of these three measures of schizotypy.