The persecution and deservedness scale

Melo, Sara Sigmaringa; Corcoran, Rhiannon; Shryane, Nick; Bentall, Richard P.

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“…The measure has been utilized in both clinical (Valiente et al 2011) and nonclinical samples (Pickering et al 2008) to assess persecutory thinking. The measure demonstrates good concurrent validity with other paranoia measures (see Melo et al 2009). …”

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“…The PaDS (Melo et al 2009) is a trait measure of paranoid thinking and the perception that persecution is deserved ('deservedness'). The scale uses 10 items to measure persecution [internal consistency (α) = 0.91, in the current study], and 10 secondary questions on levels of deservedness.…”

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“…The Persecution and Deservedness Scale (PADS; Melo, Corcoran, Shryane, & Bentall, 2009). This is a self-report measure of paranoid ideation and deservedness of persecution comprising two 10-item subscales.…”

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Dissociative and metacognitive factors in hallucination-proneness when controlling for comorbid symptoms

Varese

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Bentall

2011

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

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“…The Persecution and Deservedness Scale (Melo et al 2009). The PADS provides scores for both persecution and deservedness of persecution.…”

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“…Following the conservative approach suggested by Melo et al (2009) for this part of the analysis, participants who answered at least three deservedness items were included. Participants scoring less than the median deservedness score of week 1 (1.29) were allocated to the Òpoor-meÓ group.…”

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Relationships between paranoid thinking, self-esteem and the menstrual cycle

Brock

Rowse

Slade

2015

Arch Womens Ment Health

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This study aimed to investigate whether paranoid experiences and levels of self-esteem fluctuate over the menstrual cycle and whether levels of self-esteem are lower when perceived persecution is felt to be deserved.Measures of anxiety, depression, persecution, deservedness and self-esteem were completed on-line by 278 women over their menstrual cycle. Responses were compared at the paramenstrual (three days before and after menses onset) and mid-cycle phase.At the paramenstrual phase persecution, negative self-esteem, anxiety and depression were higher and positive self-esteem was lower than at mid-cycle. A greater proportion of women experienced persecution as deserved at the paramenstrual phase. This was associated with higher depression and negative self-esteem scores.Increased levels of deservedness significantly strengthened the relationship between persecution and negative, but not positive, self-esteem.These findings suggest that the paramenstrual phase is a time of vulnerability to increased paranoid experiences, an increased likelihood that feelings of persecution will feel deserved and lowered self-esteem. The findings support the view that interpersonal sensitivities may be key to menstrual cycle symptoms and have an impact on relationships. Further, the study illustrated that ideas developed for psychosis could make a valuable contribution to understanding and managing this aspect of menstruation-related distress. KeywordsParanoia; Self-esteem; Menstruation; Premenstrual; Deservedness PARANOIA, SELF-ESTEEM AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE 3 Relationships between Paranoia, Self-Esteem and the Menstrual CycleThe menstrual cycle is characterised by hormonal fluctuations which accompany the processes of ovulation and menses in female human reproduction. The phases of the cycle have been linked to changes in both physical and psychological phenomena, the presentation and intensity of which varies considerably from woman to woman (Gonda et al. 2008). Typically, negative effects occur in the few days preceding and during menstruation. Increased interpersonal oversensitivity is commonly reported within the PMS literature (Pinkerton et al. 2010). Such sensitivities are likely to have major impacts upon relationships, and other commonly reported symptoms such as anxiety and depression. However, these sensitivities are rarely specifically investigated.! Paranoia and low self-esteem both reflect oversensitivity to interactions with others.Links between menstrual cycle phase and psychosis have long been postulated (see Brockington 2005 for a review). The literature also includes examples of exacerbation of bipolar disorder (Hendrick et al. 1996), exacerbation of schizophrenic symptoms (Harris 1997;Levitte 1997;Riecher-Rossler 2002;Hsiao et al. 2004;Bergemann et al. 2007) and the presentation of psychotic symptoms in major depression during the premenstrual and menstrual phases. Due to the physiological changes underpinning the menstrual cycle, research has focused upon physiological reasons for these phenomena, s...

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The persecution and deservedness scale

Abstract: The PaDS is a reliable and valid measure of paranoid thinking and perceived deservedness of persecution, which is sensitive for use in clinical and non-clinical populations. Paranoid thinking appears to be mainly bad-me in non-clinical groups but poor-me in psychotic psychiatric patients.

Cited by 92 publications

References 21 publications

Insecure attachment is associated with paranoia but not hallucinations in psychotic patients: the mediating role of negative self-esteem

Insecure attachment is associated with paranoia but not hallucinations in psychotic patients: the mediating role of negative self-esteem

Dissociative and metacognitive factors in hallucination-proneness when controlling for comorbid symptoms

Relationships between paranoid thinking, self-esteem and the menstrual cycle

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