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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
6
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2006-6-14
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pubmed:abstractText |
Need for closure refers to a motivated need for certainty. Jumping-to-conclusions bias refers to the gathering of minimal data when making overconfident probabilistic judgments. Both constructs have been associated independently with delusion-proneness. Fifty-eight nonclinical adults were assessed for jumping-to-conclusions bias using an experimental reasoning task, and need for closure, decisiveness concerning real-life dilemmas, and delusion-proneness using questionnaires. Delusion-proneness was associated independently with need for closure and jumping-to-conclusions bias, with no evidence of a direct relationship between the latter two. These results discount the view that need for closure motivates a jumping-to-conclusions bias, leading, in turn, to delusion-proneness. The various facets of need for closure proved to be independent; while intolerance of ambiguity correlated positively with delusion-proneness, decisiveness correlated negatively. The finding that delusion-prone individuals are more indecisive in everyday life was replicated using different scales. Delusion-proneness is associated independently with jumping-to-conclusions bias on experimental reasoning tasks, intolerance of ambiguity, and indecision concerning real-life dilemmas.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
0022-3018
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
194
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
422-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Cognition,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Decision Making,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Delusions,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Judgment,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Models, Psychological,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Personality,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Personality Inventory,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Social Behavior,
pubmed-meshheading:16772859-Thinking
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pubmed:year |
2006
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Need for closure, jumping to conclusions, and decisiveness in delusion-prone individuals.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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