Paranoid thinking, cognitive bias and dangerous neighbourhoods: implications for perception of threat and expectation of victimisation

Background: Paranoid thinking is prevalent in the non-clinical population and cognitive mechanisms of heuristic reasoning and jumping to conclusions bias contributes to its formation and maintenance. Aims: This study investigated the degree to which paranoia, perceived environmental risk, heuris...

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Main Authors: Jack, Alexander, Egan, Vincent
Format: Article
Published: SAGE Publications 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31712/