Abstract
Recent models of paranoia have emphasized the role of emotional factors such as self-esteem (SE). Previous findings with clinical populations support that persecutory delusion reflects a defense against low conscious SE. The present study aims to analyze whether this assumption is valid in non-clinical individuals with high suspiciousness. A sample of 211 undergraduates is evaluated with measures of paranoia, depression, and explicit and implicit SE. Groups of highly suspicious, depressed and control individuals are compared. Results support that non-clinical paranoia is not associated with low implicit SE. Against it was expected, the paranoid group showed a similar positive level of implicit SE than those of depressed and healthy control groups. In addition, non-clinical paranoia was not associated to discrepant SE, that is, to negative implicit but positive explicit SE. It is possible that in non-psychotic population persecutory believes are not motivated by a psychotic defense.
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