Publications by authors named "Ali F Sloan"
Article Synopsis
- Childhood maltreatment, especially threat-related experiences, is linked to heightened expectations of environmental volatility, which may influence how beliefs are updated in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.
- The study involved 151 participants (75 with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and 76 controls) and employed a probabilistic learning task to assess belief updating, alongside questionnaires measuring maltreatment and paranoia levels.
- Results indicated that those with a history of threat-related maltreatment displayed greater volatility expectations, but belief updating did not significantly mediate the link between maltreatment and paranoia.
