Table 6.
Association of the contents of attenuated and brief intermittent psychotic symptoms with religion, multi-nominal regression analysis (N = 232).
| SIPS No. | Beta | SEa | Wald (df = 1) | pa | Exp (Beta) | 95% CI; lower | 95% CI; upper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | ||||||||
| P1C | Ideas that own actions would influence the surrounding | −0.064 | 0.000 | 0.000 | n.c.b | 0.938 | 0.938 | 0.938 |
| P1C | Belief in supernatural phenomena (ghosts, telepathy, afterlife, etc.) | −1.846 | 1.108 | 2.778 | 0.096 | 0.158 | 0.018 | 1.384 |
| P1C | Belief in conspiracy theories | −0.064 | 0.000 | 0.000 | n.c.b | 0.938 | 0.938 | 0.938 |
| P1C | Tendency to see relations between random events | 10.055 | 179.709 | 0.003 | 0.955 | 23,272.36 | 2.5 E-149 | >1 Mio. |
| P1D | Belief in fate | 0.451 | 0.000 | 0.000 | n.c.b | 1.570 | 1.570 | 1.570 |
| P5 | Losing the thread of thoughts (observed by others) | −0.515 | 0.569 | 0.822 | 0.365 | 0.597 | 0.196 | 1.820 |
| P5 | Circumstantial speech | 0.469 | 1.240 | 0.143 | 0.705 | 1.599 | 0.141 | 18.159 |
| P5 | Restricted/stereotyped thinking (observed by others) | −10.589 | 0.000 | 0.000 | n.c.b | 2.5 E-5 | 2.5 E-5 | 2.5 E-5 |
| Other | ||||||||
| P1C | Ideas that own actions would influence the surrounding | 21.412 | 9,963.33 | 5.0 E-6 | 0.998 | >1 Mio. | 0.000 | n.c.b |
| P1C | Belief in supernatural phenomena (ghosts, telepathy, afterlife, etc.) | 0.996 | 0.919 | 1.175 | 0.278 | 2.709 | 0.447 | 16.418 |
| P1C | Belief in conspiracy theories | 21.412 | 9,963.33 | 5.0 E-6 | 0.998 | >1 Mio. | 0.000 | n.c.b |
| P1C | Tendency to see relations between random events | 0.523 | 446.275 | 1.0 E-6 | 0.999 | 1.688 | 0.000 | n.c.b |
| P1D | Belief in fate | 20.564 | 9,963.33 | 4.0 E-6 | 0.998 | >1 Mio. | 0.000 | n.c.b |
| P5 | Losing the thread of thoughts (observed by others) | 0.848 | 0.781 | 1.178 | 0.278 | 2.334 | 0.505 | 10.790 |
| P5 | Circumstantial speech | 1.883 | 1.476 | 1.627 | 0.202 | 6.572 | 0.364 | 118.578 |
| P5 | Restricted/stereotyped thinking (observed by others) | 19.006 | 9,972.02 | 4.0 E-6 | 0.998 | >1 Mio. | 0.000 | n.c.b |
Reference group: Atheists, GoF: = 34.300; p = 0.005; Nagelkerke's R2 = 0.164. aBootstrapping could not be conducted successfully. bn.c., not calculable due to zero cases with the present item in the reference group. P1 “unusual thought content/delusional ideas” with B: section “first rank symptoms”, C: section “overvalued beliefs”, D: section “other unusual thoughts/delusional ideas”, and E: section “non-persecutory ideas of reference.” P2 “suspiciousness/persecutory ideas.” P3 “grandiose ideas.” P4 “perceptual abnormalities/hallucinations”; with B: section “auditory distortions, illusions, hallucinations”, C: section “visual distortions, illusions, hallucinations”, D: section “somatic distortions, illusions, hallucinations”, and E: section “olfactory and gustatory distortions, illusions, hallucinations.” P5 “disorganized communication.”