Psychotic- like experiences (PLEs) and trauma in adolescents: the role of PLEs' persistence and distress in overall psychological burden

Savvina Mylona, Kalliopi Triantafyllou, Katerina Papanikolaou, Chara Tzavara, Niki Skopeliti and Gerasimos Kolaitis

Psychosis, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 270-280

Abstract: BackgroundPsychotic-like experiences (PLEs) have been recognized as having clinical relevance for predicting psychopathological outcomes. Adverse childhood experiences may contribute to the development of these experiences. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between trauma and PLEs and the role of PLEs’ persistence and accompanying distress in adolescents’ overall psychological burden.Methods71 adolescents (12–18 years) who were under institutional protection and a community sample of 48 adolescents completed the community assessment of psychic experience (CAPE), the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ), and the traumatic events questionnaire.ResultsPrevious experience of more traumatic events was significantly associated with greater frequency (r= 0.29, p

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2021.1961010

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