TY - JOUR
T1 - Schizotypal ambivalence is associated with schizophrenia-spectrum and borderline personality traits in young adults
T2 - Converging results from three interview studies
AU - Kwapil, Thomas R.
AU - Edmundson, Maryanne S.
AU - Hernández, Laura M.
AU - Kemp, Kathryn C.
AU - Rbeiz, Katrina S.
AU - Clark, Haley E.
AU - Bathery, Alyssa J.
AU - Raulin, Michael L.
AU - Barrantes-Vidal, Neus
N1 - Funding Information:
Although our research team regularly pre-registers our studies, the three studies presented here were not preregistered as they represented data collection across multiple studies and multiple years. Note that data from Studies 1 & 3 have not been previously published. The interview data from Study 2 was previously published (Kwapil et al. 2022), but did not involve any analyses involving the Schizotypal Ambivalence Scale. Note that the hypotheses for each study related to Schizotypal Ambivalence were developed prior to analysis of the data for each study.
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PY - 2022/12/1
Y1 - 2022/12/1
N2 - Ambivalence has a longstanding history in schizophrenia-spectrum and borderline personality psychopathology, although it has been largely overlooked in current psychopathology research. The Schizotypal Ambivalence Scale (SAS) provides a brief, psychometrically sound questionnaire for assessing ambivalence characteristic of the schizotypy spectrum. We conducted three interview studies examining associations of the SAS with impairment, schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology, borderline personality disorder, and mood disorders in independent samples of young adults (n's = 57, 151, 162). Despite being conducted in different regions with differing designs, results showed good convergence across the three studies. SAS scores were robustly associated with impairment, schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology and personality traits, and borderline personality traits (typically medium effects). Furthermore, significant associations of the SAS with the interview-outcome measures remained after partialling variance associated with neuroticism. The results support the construct validity of schizotypal ambivalence and the SAS. Recommendations for future study are provided.
AB - Ambivalence has a longstanding history in schizophrenia-spectrum and borderline personality psychopathology, although it has been largely overlooked in current psychopathology research. The Schizotypal Ambivalence Scale (SAS) provides a brief, psychometrically sound questionnaire for assessing ambivalence characteristic of the schizotypy spectrum. We conducted three interview studies examining associations of the SAS with impairment, schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology, borderline personality disorder, and mood disorders in independent samples of young adults (n's = 57, 151, 162). Despite being conducted in different regions with differing designs, results showed good convergence across the three studies. SAS scores were robustly associated with impairment, schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology and personality traits, and borderline personality traits (typically medium effects). Furthermore, significant associations of the SAS with the interview-outcome measures remained after partialling variance associated with neuroticism. The results support the construct validity of schizotypal ambivalence and the SAS. Recommendations for future study are provided.
KW - Personality disorders
KW - Schizophrenia-spectrum
KW - Schizotypal ambivalence
KW - Schizotypy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104312
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104312
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85141241154
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 101
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 104312
ER -