Clinical Psychological Characteristics of Cognitive Processes in Schizotypal Personality Disorders

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Schizotypal Personality

scholarly journals The language of conspiracy: A psychological analysis of speech used by conspiracy theorists and their followers on Twitter

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-623
Author(s):  
Amos Fong ◽  
Jon Roozenbeek ◽  
Danielle Goldwert ◽  
Steven Rathje ◽  
Sander van der Linden
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Scientific Content ◽  
Psychological Analysis

This paper analyzes key psychological themes in language used by prominent conspiracy theorists and science advocates on Twitter, as well as those of a random sample of their follower base. We conducted a variety of psycholinguistic analyses over a corpus of 16,290 influencer tweets and 160,949 follower tweets in order to evaluate stable intergroup differences in language use among those who subscribe or are exposed to conspiratorial content and those who are focused on scientific content. Our results indicate significant differences in the use of negative emotion (e.g., anger) between the two groups, as well as a focus, especially among conspiracy theorists, on topics such as death, religion, and power. Surprisingly, we found less pronounced differences in cognitive processes (e.g., certainty) and outgroup language. Our results add to a growing literature on the psychological characteristics underlying a “conspiracist worldview.”

scholarly journals Writers Are Common among Parkinson’s Disease Patients: A Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Anna Aasly ◽  
Jan O. Aasly
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
General Population ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Disease Progression ◽  
Medical Record ◽  
Disease Onset ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Personality Profile

Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients may have a specific personality profile, which includes being introvert, cautious and devoted to hard work. The evaluation of psychological characteristics must be evaluated according to methods for assessments of personality disorders. Such evaluations are often time-consuming and available only in research settings. The “parkinsonian trait” may be established early in life but may change with disease progression. To overcome this long interval before onset of PD questions on literary activities were included in the medical record. Three percent of PD patients could be defined as writers, significantly higher than observed in the general population. PD writers published their first books long before onset of disease. Being a writer is an extrovert trait meaning that the patient is prepared for criticism and publicity. We suggest that questions regarding personal activities prior to disease onset add valuable information on personality which differs significantly from traits observed later in the disease period.

Treatment of Personality

2018 ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
S. Nassir Ghaemi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Antisocial Personality ◽  
Schizotypal Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Personality Changes ◽  
The Common

The diagnosis and treatment of personality are probed. Some DSM definitions are viewed as either invalid (narcissistic personality disorder) or related to other conditions (schizotypal personality). Instead, DSM-based personality “disorders” are seen as psychoanalytic speculations, with weak empirical support, except for borderline personality and antisocial personality. Other aspects of personality are best understood as traits, rather than “disorders,” or as symptomatic changes that are acute and occur lower in the hierarchy of diagnosis than mood or psychotic states, and are caused by the latter. The common report of purported comorbidity is seen as an overestimation, with personality changes often being part of other conditions. Symptomatic treatment is seen to be questionable in benefit over risk, both for dopamine blockers and for SRIs.

14-year follow-up of borderline and schizotypal personality disorders

1985 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 448-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M. Plakun ◽  
Paul E. Burkhardt ◽  
John P. Muller
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Schizotypal Personality

PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FIREFIGHTER’S PROFESSIONAL STEREOTYPES

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-120
Author(s):  
K. Yu. Khreshchuk
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
Professional Behaviour ◽  
Psychological Training ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Diagnostic Research ◽  
Individual Style ◽  
Standard Operations

The article presents the results of the theoretical and empirical research on professional stereotypes characteristic for specialists working in extreme situations. During professional work, stereotypes concerning the performed professional functions, actions, operations are formed inevitably. They simplify fulfilment of professional tasks, increase their certainty, and facilitate relations with colleagues. Stereotypes bring stability into professional life, they promote experience acquisition and formation of an individual style of work. Professional stereotypes are directly dependent on the nature of performed tasks and their psychological characteristics. Active cognitive processes are the main mechanism behind stereotyping; they include such processes as categorization, schematization and attribution. A formed stable stereotype has both positive and negative values for an individual. The use of stereotypes is positive under standard operating conditions and negative when it is necessary to act beyond the standard operations, at new working conditions with a new regime or if conditions varies or are changed dramatically. In our research, we identified 6 categories of rescuers’ stereotypical ideas related to their professional work: personal qualities; professionally important qualities; stereotypes related to awareness of duty and responsibility; value stereotypes; stereotypes of optimal role behaviour; stereotypes of professional communications and interactions. The article proves that the professional stereotypes of the studied rescuers differ qualitatively depending on the period of their professional work. During professional genesis, the most persistent stereotypes are those related to the ideas on the personal and professionally important qualities needed for rescuers. The most transformative stereotypes are those related to the value of professional work. The ideas about professional responsibilities, characteristics of professional behaviour and features of professional communications are also changed. The psychological diagnostic research results showed the need to provide a social and psychological training in order to form certain components of fire-fighter’s professional consciousness.

Overlap between borderline and schizotypal personality disorders

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Kavoussi ◽  
Larry J. Siever
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Schizotypal Personality
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