Table 2.
SWAP-200-A items most descriptive of the personality and psychological functioning of CHR adolescent patients (N = 58).
| Empirically derived prototype | |
|---|---|
| 20 most descriptive items of the SWAP-200-A | Mean |
| 35. Tends to feel anxious. | 1.42 |
| 44. When distressed, perception of reality can become grossly impaired (e.g., thinking may seem delusional). | 1.41 |
| 60. Tends to be shy or self-conscious in social situations. | 1.18 |
| 189. Tends to feel unhappy, depressed, or despondent. | 1.12 |
| 124. Tends to avoid, or try to avoid, social situations because of fear of embarrassment or humiliation. | 1.11 |
| 188. Her/his psychological problems interfere with an adequate academic performance (or with an adequate working capacity, if s/he no longer goes to school). | 1.08 |
| 130. Reasoning processes or perceptual experiences seem odd and idiosyncratic (e.g., may make seemingly arbitrary inferences; may see hidden messages or special meanings in ordinary events). | 1.06 |
| 12. Emotions tend to spiral out of control, leading to extremes of anxiety, sadness, rage, etc. | 1.02 |
| 138. Tends to enter altered, dissociated states when distressed (e.g., the self or world feels strange, unreal, or unfamiliar). | 0.95 |
| 6. Is troubled by recurrent obsessional thoughts that s/he experiences as senseless and intrusive. | 0.90 |
| 30. Tends to feel listless, fatigued or lacking in energy. | 0.89 |
| 29. Has difficulty making sense of other people's behavior; often misunderstands, misinterprets, or is confused by others' actions and reactions. | 0.84 |
| 54. Tends to feel s/he is inadequate, inferior, or a failure. | 0.84 |
| 87. Is quick to assume that others wish to harm or take advantage of her/him; tends to perceive malevolent intentions in others' words and actions. | 0.83 |
| 105. Is suspicious; tends to assume others will harm, deceive, conspire against, or betray her/him. | 0.82 |
| 117. Is unable to soothe or comfort her/himself without the help of another person (i.e., has difficulty regulating own emotions). | 0.78 |
| 148. Has little psychological insight into own motives, behavior, etc. | 0.76 |
| 86. Tends to feel ashamed or embarrassed. | 0.75 |
| 98. Tends to fear s/he will be rejected or abandoned by those who are emotionally significant. | 0.71 |
| 119. Tends to be inhibited or constricted; has difficulty allowing self to acknowledge or express wishes and impulses. | 0.69 |