An experience-sampling study on the relevance of affect dynamics to paranoid ideation.

Affective functioning is compromised in people who develop persecutory delusions, but the specifics of these affective disturbances remain unclear. To better understand the precise nature of affective disturbances in this group, it could prove helpful to focus not only on average or momentary affect intensities but also on the dynamic properties of affect, that is, the patterns and regularities with which affect fluctuates over time. This study used experience-sampling in a community sample with varying levels of paranoid ideation (