Objective

Paranoid ideation is assumed to characterize worries about possible harmful effects of modern technologies (MHWs) and idiopathic environmental intolerances (IEIs), such as IEI attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF). Empirical evidence on these associations is scarce.

Methods

In a cross-sectional on-line survey, participants of a community sample (n = 700; mean age: 28.4 ± 12.0; 434 females) completed the Somatosensory Amplification Scale, the Modern Health Worries Scale, and the Paranoid Ideation scale of the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised. They were considered IEI-EMF if (1) they categorized themselves so, (2) they had experienced symptoms that they attributed to the exposure to electromagnetic fields, and (3) the condition impacted their everyday functioning.

Results

Paranoid ideation was significantly positively associated with MHWs (standardized β = 0.150, p < .001) even after controlling for socio-demographic variables and somatosensory amplification tendency, an indicator of somatic symptom distress. Also, paranoid ideation explained significant variability in IEI-EMF (OR = 1.090, 95% CI: 1.006–1.180, p = .035) even after statistically controlling for socio-demographic variables and somatosensory amplification.

Conclusions

Paranoid ideation was found to be associated with MHWs and IEI-EMF. This association appears independent of general somatic symptom distress in both cases. This might partly explain the temporal stability of these constructs.

中文翻译：

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归因于电磁场的现代健康担忧和特发性环境不耐受与偏执观念有关

客观的

偏执的想法被假设为表征对现代技术 (MHW) 和特发性环境不耐受 (IEI) 可能产生的有害影响的担忧，例如归因于电磁场的 IEI (IEI-EMF)。关于这些关联的经验证据很少。

方法

在一项横断面在线调查中，社区样本的参与者（n  = 700；平均年龄：28.4 ± 12.0；434 名女性）完成了躯体感觉放大量表、现代健康担忧量表和症状的偏执想法量表核对清单 90 已修订。他们被认为是 IEI-EMF，如果 (1) 他们对自己进行分类，(2) 他们经历了他们归因于暴露于电磁场的症状，以及 (3) 这种情况影响了他们的日常功能。

结果

 即使在控制了社会人口统计学变量和躯体感觉放大趋势（躯体症状困扰的指标）之后，偏执观念与 MHW 显着正相关（标准化 β = 0.150，p < .001）。此外，偏执观念解释了 IEI-EMF 的显着变异性（OR = 1.090，95% CI：1.006–1.180，p  = .035），即使在对社会人口统计学变量和体感放大进行统计控制后也是如此。

结论

偏执的想法被发现与 MHW 和 IEI-EMF 相关。在这两种情况下，这种关联似乎与一般的躯体症状困扰无关。这可能部分解释了这些结构的时间稳定性。