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J Psychiatr Res ; 163: 9-13, 2023 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37196518

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OBJECTIVE: Persecutory ideas are highly frequent in psychotic disorders and particularly in schizophrenia. Although several measures exist to assess persecutory ideas in both clinical and non-clinical samples, there is a need for brief and psychometrically sound measures to capture the multidimensional aspects of paranoia in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Our aim was to validate a brief version of the revised Green et al., Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS) in schizophrenia in order to minimize time-consuming assessment. METHODS: 100 individuals with schizophrenia and 72 non-clinical controls were recruited. We used the GPTS-8, a brief 8-item version of the R-GPTS recently developed and validated in the French general population. Psychometric properties of the scale were investigated including its factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent/divergent validities. RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analysis supported the original two-factor structure (social reference and persecution subscales) of the GPTS-8. The GPTS-8 was positively and moderately correlated with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) suspiciousness item indicating good internal consistency. Concerning divergent validity, no correlations were found between the GPTS-8 and the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA). Importantly patients with schizophrenia reported higher scores on the GTPS-8 than controls demonstrating its clinical validity. CONCLUSIONS: The French GPTS 8-item brief scale-8 retains the psychometric strengths of the R-GPTS in schizophrenia with relevant clinical validity. The GPTS-8 can consequently be used as a short and quick measure of paranoid ideations in individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.


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Psychotic Disorders , Schizophrenia , Humans , Schizophrenia/complications , Schizophrenia/diagnosis , Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Affect , Psychometrics , Reproducibility of Results
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