A comprehensive meta-analysis of the self-serving bias in schizophrenia spectrum disorders compared to non-clinical subjects

• Published in: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews Vol. 120; pp. 542 - 549
• Main Authors: Müller, Hendrik, Betz, Linda T., Bechdolf, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Attributional bias; Delusion as defense; Depression; Externalizing bias; Jump to conclusions; Paranoia; Persecutory delusion; Schizophrenia spectrum disorders; Self-esteem; Self-serving bias; Externalizing bias; Paranoia; Jump to conclusions; Self-serving bias; Schizophrenia spectrum disorders; Attributional bias; Delusion as defense; Depression; Self-esteem; Persecutory delusion
• ISSN: 0149-7634; 1873-7528; 1873-7528
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.09.025

•Comprehensive meta-analysis of self-serving bias in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.•Greater self-serving bias in schizophrenia spectrum disorders than in controls.•Self-serving bias seems specific to persecutory delusions and paranoid ideation.•The effect is a function of the method of measuremen...