Persecutory Ideation
Dimension 265 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Persecutory Ideation measures the extent to which an expression conveys suspicion, felt hostility, and beliefs that other people are demeaning, targeting, or plotting harm. It encompasses experiences ranging from interpersonal mistrust and perceived rejection to explicit beliefs that others are acting against oneself.
evidence final name · Everyday Discrimination
Minimal Persecutory Ideation
Expressions activating this band show little or no clear persecutory content, with only diffuse social evaluation, unrelated material, or isolated references that do not organize around being targeted or harmed.
Mild Persecutory Ideation
Expressions activating this band convey interpersonal mistrust and perceived social devaluation, such as feeling disliked, belittled, let down, or treated as inferior or dishonest by others.
Moderate Persecutory Ideation
Expressions activating this band convey active suspicion that others are intentionally provoking, harming, or plotting against the person, with hostility experienced as purposeful rather than merely dismissive.
Severe Persecutory Ideation
Expressions activating this band convey pervasive beliefs that people or groups are against the person and may be organizing serious harm, often accompanied by a sense that something threatening or strange is unfolding.
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Minimal Everyday Discrimination: Everyday discrimination is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse everyday discrimination.
Moderate Everyday Discrimination: Everyday discrimination is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where everyday discrimination was characterized by a general or mixed form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band reflect everyday discrimination at this level of intensity.
Intense Everyday Discrimination: Everyday discrimination is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where everyday discrimination was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect everyday discrimination at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Peak Everyday Discrimination: Everyday discrimination is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Compared to the band below, everyday discrimination is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect everyday discrimination at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.