Table 4.

Interaction Effect Between Cognitive Biases and Level of Social Stress, on Paranoid Ideations Reported in Virtual Social Stress Environments

Paranoia SSPS	Coefficienta	Standard error	Z	P	95% Confidence Interval
Data-gathering bias	.052	.036	1.45	.148	−.01842	.12231
Belief inflexibility bias	.038	.036	1.05	.292	−.03271	.10861
Attention to threat bias	.079	.028	2.78	.005	.02337	.13452
External attribution bias	.090	.033	2.75	.006	.02583	.15366

Note. Bold values are significant at <.05.

^a B coefficient in multilevel random regression analysis (cognitive bias × number of social stressors). Analyses were adjusted for sex, education, age, and psychosis liability.