The impact of negative schemas, mood and psychological flexibility on delusional ideation – mediating and moderating effects

Cognitive factors maintaining persecutory delusions in psychosis: The contribution of depression.

“…Udachina et al (2009) found with an experience sampling method that current high EA in subclinically paranoid students predicted subsequent increases in paranoia, even when previous paranoia was taken into account. Oliver et al (2011) reported that among 700 university students, psychological flexibility -the direct inverse of EA, measured in the same waymoderated the association between negative schematic beliefs and delusional thinking (the association was also mediated by anxiety).…”

The relationship between psychological flexibility, early maladaptive schemas, perceived parenting and psychopathology

“…Psychological flexibility is "the ability to contact the present moment more fully as a conscious human being, and to change or persist with behavior when doing so serves valued ends" (Hayes, Luoma, Bond, Masuda & Lillis, 2006, p.7). There is considerable evidence that: psychological inflexibility is associated with depression (Leahy, Tirch & Melwani, 2012), anxiety (Panayiotou, Karekla, & Mete, 2014) and other psychopathology (e.g., Oliver, O'Connor, Jose, McLachlan, & Peters, 2012); that psychological flexibility is associated with health and resilience (Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010); and, that ACT interventions influence its components (Levin, Hildebrandt, Lillis, & Hayes, 2012). Although the ACT therapist is instructed to understand the function of client private experiences in context -including their historical context -childhood developmental experiences are not particularly privileged and ACT protocols do not usually explore the origins of presenting problems in any systematic way.…”

Introduction to Special Issue on Psychosis and Personality Disorder

“…To spur discussion and debate about the interface of personality this Special Issue features papers which examine: links between cognitive flexibility and delusional ideation (Oliver et al, 2012), comorbidity with antisocial personality disorder (Mueser et al, 2012), trauma history, stigma and anger (Outcalt & Lysaker, 2012), experiences of abuse, interpersonal functioning and relationships with voices (Connor & Birchwood, 2012), mentalisation in people with psychosis in both community and forensic settings (Mitchell et al, 2012), and experiences of treatment amongst those with psychosis and comorbid personality disorder (Therien, Tranulis, Lecomte, & Berube, 2012). To prepare readers for these pieces we will offer a brief review of literature on the patterns and frequencies of the co-occurrence of psychosis and personality disorders, the correlates of personality features when they cooccur in psychosis, and the impact of personality-related issues on treatment.…”