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Perceived Threat Mediates The Relationship Between Psychosis Proneness And Aggressive Behavior, Jennifer Renee Fanning, Mitchell Eric Berman, Richard Mohn, Michael Mccloskey
Perceived Threat Mediates The Relationship Between Psychosis Proneness And Aggressive Behavior, Jennifer Renee Fanning, Mitchell Eric Berman, Richard Mohn, Michael Mccloskey
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Psychotic symptoms are associated with aggressive tendencies, but this relationship is both complex and imperfect. In contrast to psychotic disorders, little is known about aggressive behavior and sub-clinical psychotic symptoms (e.g., "psychosis proneness"), which are relatively common in the general population. Threat/control-override (TCO), which is the propensity to overestimate the likelihood that an outside agent will (1) inflict harm (threat) or (2) control one's behaviors (control-override), has been associated with aggression in both psychiatric and community samples. The purpose of this study was to determine if psychosis proneness is related to aggression, and if one or both aspects of TCO …