A Ten-Year Longitudinal Study of Intense Ambivalence as a Predictor of Risk for Psychopathology

The predictive validity of the Intense Ambivalence Scale was examined in a 10-year longitudinal study of 362 psychometrically identified psychosis-prone and control participants. Elevated scores on the Intense Ambivalence Scale predicted psychotic-like and depressive symptoms, and the development of...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of nervous and mental disease 2000-07, Vol.188 (7), p.402-408
Hauptverfasser: KWAPIL, THOMAS R, RAULIN, MICHAEL L, MIDTHUN, JULIE C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The predictive validity of the Intense Ambivalence Scale was examined in a 10-year longitudinal study of 362 psychometrically identified psychosis-prone and control participants. Elevated scores on the Intense Ambivalence Scale predicted psychotic-like and depressive symptoms, and the development of psychotic illnesses at the 10-year follow-up assessment (after the removal of variance for membership in the psychosis-prone and control groups). Elevated scores on the scale were also associated with substance abuse, schizotypal symptoms, and impaired functioning at both the initial and follow-up assessments. The Intense Ambivalence Scale did not differentially enhance the predictive power of the Perceptual Aberration or the Magical Ideation Scales.
ISSN:0022-3018
1539-736X
DOI:10.1097/00005053-200007000-00002