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paranoid thoughts relatively common general population increase risk developing mental health conditions study investigate latent structure paranoia sample young people crosssectional survey 243 undergraduate students males 449 aged 243 years sd 35 participants completed green et al paranoid thought scales gpts 32item scale assessing ideas social reference persecution 12item general health questionnaire ghq12 74item schizotypal personality questionnaire spq confirmatory factor analysis cfa used confirm twofactor structure gpts factor mixture modeling analysis fmma applied map best combination factors latent classes paranoia gpts showed excellent internal reliability testretest stability convergent validity good stronger links measures ideas reference suspiciousness measures psychosisproneness cfa showed excellent fit twofactor solution fmma retrieved threeclass solution 176 subjects 725 assigned baseline class 54 222 suspicious mistrustful class 13 53 paranoid thinking class compared baseline class two classes higher risk psychological distress psychosisproneness latent structure paranoid thinking young people appears dimensional although caution advised generalizing studies college students screening paranoid ideation young people complain psychological distress might prove useful prevent development severe potentially debilitating conditions