Relationship Between Schizotypal Traits, Emotion Regulation, and Negative Affect in Children: A Network Analysis

作者：Qian Ren, Tian‐xiao Yang, Yi Wang, Simon S. Y. Lui, Raymond C. K. Chan · 发表于：Schizophrenia Bulletin · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1093/schbul/sbae172 · 被引用次数：7 · 研究领域：Mental Health Research Topics、Functional Brain Connectivity Studies、Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: Evidence suggests that emotion regulation is related to schizotypal traits and negative affect in adults. Few studies examined the interplay among these constructs in school-aged children. We examined the complex relationship between schizotypal traits, emotion regulation, and negative affect in children aged 9-12 years. STUDY DESIGN: One-thousand-and-nineteen children completed the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-children (SPQ-C), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescence (ERQ-CA). Using subscales of these measures as nodes, we estimated a partial correlation network. We estimated a Directed Acyclic Graph to explore the putative directional relationship between schizotypal traits, emotion regulation, and negative affect. Node and bridge centrality indices were estimated. RESULTS: We found positive correlations between schizotypal dimensions and negative affect (depressed mood, anxiety, and stress) in the network. Emotion suppression was positively correlated with interpersonal and disorganized schizotypal dimensions, and negative affect. Emotion reappraisal was positively correlated with the cognitive-perceptual dimension and negatively correlated with interpersonal schizotypal traits, depressed mood, and stress. Stress showed higher strength than all nodes except depressed mood, and stress showed the highest expected influence (EI). The Bayesian network revealed that...