Hallucinations and Related Perceptual Disturbance in a Non-Clinical Spanish Population

Adolfo J. Cangas, Ã lvaro I. Langer and Juan A. Moriana
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Adolfo J. Cangas: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain, ajcangas@ual.es
à lvaro I. Langer: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
Juan A. Moriana: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Córdoba. Córdoba, Spain

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2011, vol. 57, issue 2, 120-131

Abstract: Background: Several studies have suggested the continuity of psychotic symptoms between the general population and clinical samples, and have shown that, in fact, the predisposition to hallucinations is a multi-dimensional construct. However, there is no agreement concerning the number of factors comprising it or the significance of psychotic-like experiences. An examination of the beliefs associated with these experiences could increase knowledge of the continuity of hallucinations. Aims: The purpose of this work was to analyze the structure of the Revized Hallucination Scale (RHS), applied to a sample of Spanish university students to find out the meaning for the participants and their associated beliefs on each item. Methods: The RHS was administered to a total of 265 participants. Along with the frequency of each experience, participants were asked to provide an example of each situation described and to what they attributed it. Results: The results emphasized the presence of four factors that are variously made up of six types of beliefs: personal difficulties; psychological explanations; dreamlike experiences; vivid thoughts; perceptive distortions; and personal desires. Conclusions: The relevance of these results with regard to the differences that might exist in hallucinations in clinical and normal populations is discussed.

Keywords: beliefs; cognition; emotion; hallucinations; psychopathology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764009102413

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