Investigating predictors contributing to the expression of schizotypy during the COVID-19 pandemic

WL Toh; PJ Sumner; D Meyer; E Neill; A Phillipou; EJ Tan; TE Van Rheenen; SL Rossell

Journal article

Investigating predictors contributing to the expression of schizotypy during the COVID-19 pandemic

WL Toh, PJ Sumner, D Meyer, E Neill, A Phillipou, EJ Tan, TE Van Rheenen, SL Rossell

Journal of Psychiatric Research | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.03.060

Abstract

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused major disruptions to social and other forms of functioning, which may influence schizotypy expression. The current study aimed to explore possible distal and proximal predictors contributing to schizotypy in a sample of the Australian general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COvid-19 and you: mentaL heaLth in AusTralia now survEy (COLLATE) project is an online mental health study aimed at tracking key mental health indicators over the progression of the pandemic. Adults residing in Australia were invited to take part using non-discriminative snowball sampling. Demographic-clinical information was collected for 850 participants in eit..

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Erica Neill Author

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Tamsyn van Rheenen Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank all the participants who took the time and effort to take part in this study, especially during these challenging and unprecedented times. WLT (GNT1161609) and AP (GNT1159953) are supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) New Investigator Project Grants. SLR holds a NHMRC Senior Fellowship (GNT1154651) , and EJT (GNT1142424) and TVR (GNT1088785) hold NHMRC Early Career Fellowships.