Persecutory delusions and the self: an investigation of implicit and explicit self-esteem

Persecutory delusions are proposed to be a defence against low self-esteem reaching conscious awareness (Bentall, Corcoran, Howard, Blackwood, & Kinderman, 2001). Key predictions of this proposal are that individuals with persecutory delusions will have lower implicit self-esteem and equivalent...

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Main Authors: MacKinnon, Katharine (Author), Newman-Taylor, Katherine (Author), Stopa, Luisa (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011-03.
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