Hypothesis 2: Associations of Paranoia With Affective
Processes
The associations of paranoia with the cognitive-affective
processes are shown in table 1. It can be seen that higher
levels of state paranoia were associated with higher ratings
of anticipation of threat to the self, negative interpretations
of ambiguous events, private and public
self-consciousness, and negative ideas about the self.
Paranoia was unrelated to anticipating positive or neutral
events occurring to the self or to any type of event
happening to another person, ie, there was a specific
association of paranoia with anticipating negative events
occurring to the self. The self-focus visual analog scales
supported the association of self-consciousness with state
paranoia, but there was also an association of paranoia
with being focused upon the surroundings.