BACKGROUND:
Stressful life events (SLEs) are associated with psychotic experiences. SLEs might act as an environmental risk factor, but may also share a genetic propensity with psychotic experiences.
AIMS:
To estimate the extent to which genetic and environmental factors influence the relationship between SLEs and psychotic experiences.
METHOD:
Self- and parent reports from a community-based twin sample (4830 16-year-old pairs) were analysed using structural equation model fitting.
RESULTS:
SLEs correlated with positive psychotic experiences (r= 0.12-0.14, allP