大麻与精神分裂症的联系:现象,测量偏见,还是妄想?
Brianna R Altman1, Mitch Earleywine1, Maha N Mian1
1Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA.
Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.)
|June 8, 2023
概括
大麻使用和精神分裂性人格特征在精神分裂性人格问卷简报 (SPQ-B) 上显示,使用者和非使用者之间没有显著差异. 在SPQ-B中潜在的测量偏差可能解释以前的发现.
科学领域:
- 精神病学和心理学 精神病学和心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 研究表明,大麻使用与精神病之间存在联系.
- 之前的研究发现,大麻使用者在精神分裂性人格问卷-简报 (SPQ-B) 上得分更高.
- 一些研究表明,当删除潜在偏见的项目时,这些差异会消失.
研究的目的:
- 调查大麻使用与精神分裂型人格特征之间的关系.
- 检查SPQ-B.中的潜在测量偏差.
- 探索SPQ-B与大麻使用有关的因素结构.
主要方法:
- 从亚马逊的MTurk平台招募了一个大样本 (N=705).
- 用SPQ-B来评估精神分裂型人格特征.
- 分析了目前大麻使用者和非使用者之间的差异数据,并重新检查了SPQ-B因子结构.
主要成果:
- 在SPQ-B总得分或已确立的分级上,在大麻使用者和非使用者之间没有发现显著差异.
- 为SPQ-B确定了一种新的3因素解决方案:难以开放,过度意识和奇怪/不寻常的行为.
- 只有"奇怪或不寻常的行为"因素显示了差异,在删除潜在偏见的项目后,这些差异减少了.
结论:
- 大麻使用与精神分裂症之间的联系需要谨慎解释,因为可能存在测量偏差.
- SPQ-B可能具有替代因素结构,需要进一步调查.
- 这些发现挑战了以前的结论,并强调了对偏见意识心理测量分析的需要.
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