“…As distress is decisive for the pathological quality of PLEs, finding predictors of PLE‐distress will further enhance our understanding of the transition to psychosis. In cross‐sectional studies, PLE‐distress correlated with depression and anxiety (Hartley, Barrowclough, & Haddock, ), low self‐esteem (Smith et al ., ), type of PLE (especially bizarre experiences and persecutory ideas; Armando et al ., ), social worry (Morrison & Wells, ), and female gender (Brañas, Barrigón, Lahera, Canal‐Rivero, & Ruiz‐Veguilla, ). The potential proximal predictors of PLE‐distress, however, may be rooted in the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural response to experiencing PLEs: Across clinical and non‐clinical groups, Brett, Heriot‐Maitland, McGuire, and Peters () found increased PLE‐distress to be associated with changes in awareness and cognitive functioning, appraisal of PLEs as being caused by other people, and more attempts to control PLEs.…”