Why do bad things happen to me? Attributional style, depressed mood, and persecutory delusions in patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1338-1346

  Mehl, Stephanie ^a,b   Landsberg, Martin W ^b   Schmidt, Anna Christine ^b   Cabanis, Maurice ^a   Bechdolf, Andreas ^c   Herrlich, Jutta ^d   Loos Jankowiak, Stephanie ^e   Kircher, Tilo ^a   Kiszkenow, Stephanie ^f   Klingberg, Stefan ^g   Kommescher, Mareike ^c   Moritz, Steffen ^h   Muller, Bernhard W ^e   Sartory, Gudrun ⁱ   Wiedemann, Georg ^j   Wittorf, Andreas ^g   Wölwer, Wolfgang ^f   Wagner, Michael ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^j Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

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Author keywords

attributional style; depression; negative emotions; persecutory delusions; positive symptoms; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTIONAL BIAS; ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; POSITIVE SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; CONTROL; DELUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84904856281     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu040     Document Type: Article

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