Table 1

Responses on the Revised Green et al Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS) for the past month

Not at all (%)Somewhat (%)Totally (%)
01234
Part A
1I spent time thinking about friends gossiping about me.5167 (49.8)1673 (16.1)1628 (15.7)1262 (12.2)652 (6.3)
2I often heard people referring to me.5309 (51.1)1874 (18.1)1535 (14.8)1176 (11.3)488 (4.7)
3I have been upset by friends and colleagues judging me critically.4985 (49.0)1723 (16.6)1625 (15.74)1326 (12.8)723 (7.0)
4People definitely laughed at me behind my back.5236 (50.4)1668 (16.1)1395 (13.4)1206 (11.6)877 (8.4)
5I have been thinking a lot about people avoiding me.5055 (48.7)1621 (15.6)1525 (14.7)1293 (12.5)888 (8.6)
6People have been dropping hints for me.5864 (65.5)1575 (15.2)1346 (13.0)1045 (10.1)552 (5.3)
7I believed that certain people were not what they seemed.3574 (34.4)1660 (16.0)1985 (19.1)1748 (16.8)1415 (13.6)
8People talking about me behind my back upset me.4592 (44.2)1504 (14.5)1554 (15.0)1428 (13.8)1304 (12.6)
Part B
1Certain individuals have had it in for me.5130 (49.4)1615 (15.6)1609 (15.5)1169 (11.3)859 (8.3)
2People wanted me to feel threatened, so they stared at me.6229 (60.0)1279 (12.3)1282 (12.3)1043 (10.0)549 (5.3)
3I was certain people did things in order to annoy me.4798 (46.2)1727 (16.6)1658 (16.0)1321 (12.7)878 (8.5)
4I was convinced there was a conspiracy against me.6313 (60.8)1221 (11.8)1206 (11.6)987 (9.5)655 (6.3)
5I was sure someone wanted to hurt me.6390 (61.5)1217 (11.7)1153 (11.1)930 (9.0)692 (6.7)
6I couldn’t stop thinking about people wanting to confuse me.6180 (59.5)1336 (12.9)1240 (11.9)1002 (9.7)624 (6.0)
7I was distressed by being persecuted.6339 (61.1)1237 (11.9)1197 (11.5)983 (9.5)626 (6.0)
8It was difficult to stop thinking about people wanting to make me feel bad.5815 (56.0)1394 (13.4)1384 (13.3)1079 (10.4)710 (6.8)
9People have been hostile towards me on purpose.5608 (54.0)1487 (14.3)1391 (13.4)1102 (10.6)794 (7.6)
10I was angry that someone wanted to hurt me.6069 (58.5)1223 (11.8)1275 (12.3)1013 (9.8)802 (7.7)