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Table 2 Description of CAPE-42 dimensions and reliability coefficients

From: Pseudoscientific beliefs and psychopathological risks increase after COVID-19 social quarantine

AB

Complete denomination

What do the CAPE-42 scales assess?

Cronbach’s alpha

PD

Positive Dimension

Analyzes perceptual disturbances and hallucinations expressed in an attenuated and subclinical way (e.g., reading other people’s thoughts).

0.84**

ND

Negative Dimension

Analyze clinical symptoms related to difficulties in social and affective relationships (e.g., having the feeling that people do not understand you or difficulties expressing and sharing emotions with others).

0.78*

DD

Depressive Dimension

Analyze clinical symptoms related to sudden feelings of sadness and loneliness (this means, without apparent explanation) (e.g., feelings of hopelessness or lack of energy to carry out daily activities).

0.79*

  1. AB abbreviation of the scales’ denomination
  2. ** > 0.8 (reliability coefficients are excellent), * > 0.7 (reliability coefficients are good)
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