What is the best measure to assess paranoid ideation ???
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There are many scales for paranoid ideation but the choice depends from the aims of your research: Paranoid Thoughts Scale (Green et al., 2008); Paranoia Scale (Fenigstein and Vanable, 1992), Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale (Haddock et al., 1999) and paranoid items of the PDI (Peters et al., 1999). For assessing the insight of ideation you can use the Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale (BABS; Eisen et al., 1998).
Indeed, not evidencing the clinical
relevance of items has been a criticism when assessing other constructs in the general
population, such as obsessive-intrusive thoughts (Berry & Laskey, 2012). Furthermore,
questionnaires validated clinically and non-clinically have greater potential utility. Psychotic-
like experiences that occur without significant distress or impairment increase the later risk of
symptoms that may warrant a clinical diagnosis. Thus, assessing paranoia across clinical and non-clinical
populations could highlight variables that increase the likelihood of paranoia-related distress.
Questionnaires validated for use with individuals experiencing distressing paranoia could also
be used clinically within assessment or for outcome measurement within interventions.