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Background:

  • State paranoia can be triggered by high self-awareness and negative feedback.
  • Psychological interventions may buffer against paranoia induction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the efficacy of value-affirmation in reducing state paranoia among university students.
  • To determine if self-affirmation can attenuate the effects of a paranoia-induction manipulation.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial with 55 university students.
  • Participants were assigned to either a value-affirmation or a control condition.
  • Paranoid cognitions were measured before and after the intervention and a paranoia-induction task.

Main Results:

  • Value-affirmation significantly reduced state paranoia before the paranoia-induction task.
  • The paranoia-induction manipulation did not significantly increase state paranoia in the affirmation group compared to baseline.
  • The observed effects were not due to changes in depressive cognitions.

Conclusions:

  • Self-affirmation is an effective strategy for reducing state paranoia in nonclinical populations.
  • Findings suggest value-affirmation can serve as a protective mechanism against paranoia.
  • Further research is needed to generalize findings to clinical populations.