Table 2

Parameter estimates of the SEMs with paranoia as the response variable

Explanatory variable	B	SE	Adjusted P value	β	R²
Individual SEMs for each social and cognitive factor
Worry	0.584	0.012	<0.001	0.504	0.254
Defence behaviours	0.928	0.009	<0.001	0.783	0.612
Positive self-beliefs	−0.316	0.014	<0.001	−0.262	0.069
Negative self-beliefs	0.791	0.013	<0.001	0.678	0.460
Dissociative experiences	0.801	0.011	<0.001	0.699	0.488
Hallucinations	0.698	0.011	<0.001	0.707	0.499
Negative images	0.662	0.010	<0.001	0.730	0.533
Aberrant salience	0.657	0.011	<0.001	0.610	0.372
Anxiety sensitivity	0.759	0.013	<0.001	0.632	0.399
Agoraphobic avoidance	0.625	0.014	<0.001	0.574	0.329
Agoraphobic distress	0.266	0.005	<0.001	0.604	0.365
Analytical reasoning	−0.618	0.034	<0.001	−0.233	0.054
Insomnia	0.702	0.014	<0.001	0.549	0.302
Locus of control	0.622	0.015	<0.001	0.432	0.187
Social anxiety	0.775	0.013	<0.001	0.616	0.379
Alcohol use	0.343	0.019	<0.001	0.252	0.063
Discrimination	0.692	0.014	<0.001	0.666	0.443
Bullying	0.537	0.013	<0.001	0.462	0.213
Childhood mistreatment	0.602	0.014	<0.001	0.542	0.294
Social support	−0.228	0.010	<0.001	−0.261	0.068
Cannabis use	0.344	0.013	<0.001	0.317	0.100
Stressful life events	0.372	0.020	<0.001	0.279	0.078
Unified SEM model
Worry	0.044	0.011	<0.001	0.038	0.67 (across the model)
Defence behaviours	0.427	0.028	<0.001	0.250
Negative self-beliefs	0.119	0.019	<0.001	0.103
Dissociative experiences	0.087	0.019	<0.001	0.076
Negative images	0.209	0.016	<0.001	0.229
Aberrant salience	0.239	0.053	<0.001	0.053
Anxiety sensitivity	0.050	0.016	<0.01	0.042
Agoraphobic avoidance	0.153	0.056	<0.01	0.029
Agoraphobic distress	0.018	0.006	<0.01	0.041
Analytical reasoning	−0.070	0.023	<0.01	−0.026
Alcohol use	0.028	0.011	<0.01	0.020
Discrimination	0.521	0.061	<0.001	0.102
Social support	−0.027	0.007	<0.001	−0.031

B denotes unstandardised coefficient; β indicates standardised coefficient.
SEM, structural equation modelling.