Aberrant Salience among Young Healthy Postgraduate University Students: The Role of Cannabis Use, Psychotic-Like Experiences, and Personality.
Psychopathology January 1, 2022 Andrea Patti, Gabriele Santarelli, Giulio D'Anna et al. 3 citations
Aberrant salience, an anomalous way of experiencing the world linked to psychosis proneness, was examined in 106 postgraduate university students. Cannabis users reported higher aberrant salience scores than nonusers. Among all participants, aberrant salience was associated with positive psychotic-like symptoms, personality traits (low self-directedness and high self-transcendence), and cannabis use. However, the relative importance of these factors differed: personality traits were more prominent among nonusers, while positive psychotic-like experiences played a larger role among cannabis users. The findings suggest that pre-reflexive anomalous experiences are intertwined with personality, subclinical symptoms, and cannabis use.