Biological Factors

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Biological Factors
Environmental Stressors
Psych. Factors (cog. deficits, maladaptive
attitudes)
Increased Exposure to Stressors
MEDIATING PATHWAY
Arousal Arousal Regulation Dysfunction
Information Processing Dysfunction
PSYCHOTIC EXPERIENCE POSITIVE PSYCHOTIC
SX Hallucinations Delusions
Data Collection Processing Biases
Increased Emotional Arousal
Primary secondary appraisal of experience and
consequences
Cog. Bias Beh. Consistent with Cog. Bias
SHORT-TERM CONSEQUENCES Emot., Beh., Cog., Coping
LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES Soc. Withdrawal, low
opportunity for rft, disability, stigma
(Tarrier, 2006)
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EXPERIENCE
BELIEF
ACTION
CONFIRMATION
(Tarrier, 2006)