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Schizophrenia / Psychotic Disorders

From Risk Factors to Treatment: Exploring the Intersection of Cultural Identities in Individuals across the Psychosis-Spectrum

3 - (SYM 42) What Should We Prioritize? The Role of Contextual and Person-level Factors as Buffers in Risk for Black Adults with Schizotypy

Friday, November 15, 2024
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Location: Regency Ballroom A, Second Floor Mezzanine, Loews Hotel
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Background: According to the social defeat hypothesis, racial discrimination may lead to increases in experiences of schizotypy. However, we would expect that constructs that decrease alienation and isolation, such as social support and private regard, to serve as buffers in this relationship.  

 



Methods: The present study examined the relationship between racial discrimination and multidimensional schizotypy as well as the extent to which private regard and social support moderate the relationship between racial discrimination and multidimensional schizotypy among 153 Black adults (61% male, mean age= 36) . We expected everyday racial discrimination to exhibit a significant positive correlation with schizotypy and social support and private regard to demonstrate a significant negative correlation. Additionally, we hypothesized that perceived social support and private regard will moderate the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and positive schizotypy. 

 



Results: Results found that our variables of interest were correlated in the expected directions with at least one dimension of multidimensional schizotypy. Private regard, but not social support, moderated the relationship between everyday racial discrimination and schizotypy but only for disorganized symptoms.  
 


Discussion: Results further our conceptual understanding of schizotypy and suggest that race-specific, but not general, factors serve as buffers for the relationships between racial discrimination and disorganized schizotypy.