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Additional support for the cognitive model of schizophrenia: evidence of elevated defeatist beliefs in schizotypy.
Comprehensive psychiatry - 1 Jul 2016
Luther Lauren, Salyers Michelle P, Firmin Ruth L, Marggraf Matthew P, Davis Beshaun, Minor Kyle S
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OBJECTIVES: The cognitive model of poor functioning in schizophrenia posits that defeatist performance beliefs-overgeneralized negative beliefs about one's ability to perform tasks-develop prior to the onset of psychosis and contribute to the development and maintenance of negative symptoms and poor functioning. Although several studies with schizophrenia samples have provided support for the model, there is a...
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