Novel metaphor processing in high and low schizotypal individuals

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2025.102070

Lara Fernandes , Giulia Olyff , Justine Bruxelmane , Loïc Le Nadan , Sandrine Detandt , Ariane Bazan

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Abstract

This study investigated whether non-clinical high-schizotypal adults exhibit pragmatic language impairments like those observed in schizophrenia patients. 664 participants completed a novel metaphor comprehension task designed to assess three types of interpretations: figurative, literal, and concrete, alongside the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Findings reveal that individuals with high SPQ scores show significant difficulties in understanding metaphors, aligning with patterns seen in schizophrenia. Errors predominantly favored literal and concrete interpretations. The study emphasizes the importance of utilizing novel metaphors to measure the ability to process figurative language, as lexicalized metaphors may only reflect associative thinking rather than true comprehension.

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高、低分裂型个体的新隐喻加工。

本研究调查了非临床高分裂型成人是否表现出与精神分裂症患者相似的语用性语言障碍。664名参与者完成了一项新的隐喻理解任务，该任务旨在评估三种类型的解释：比喻、字面和具体，以及分裂型人格问卷（SPQ）。研究结果显示，SPQ得分高的个体在理解隐喻方面表现出明显的困难，这与精神分裂症的模式一致。错误主要倾向于字面和具体的解释。本研究强调利用新颖的隐喻来衡量处理比喻语言的能力的重要性，因为词汇化的隐喻可能只反映联想思维，而不是真正的理解。

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Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry Multiple-

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3.60

自引率

5.60%

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期刊介绍： The publication of the book Psychotherapy by Reciprocal Inhibition (1958) by the co-founding editor of this Journal, Joseph Wolpe, marked a major change in the understanding and treatment of mental disorders. The book used principles from empirical behavioral science to explain psychopathological phenomena and the resulting explanations were critically tested and used to derive effective treatments. The second half of the 20th century saw this rigorous scientific approach come to fruition. Experimental approaches to psychopathology, in particular those used to test conditioning theories and cognitive theories, have steadily expanded, and experimental analysis of processes characterising and maintaining mental disorders have become an established research area.