TY - JOUR
T1 - The phenomenology of inner speech
T2 - Comparison of schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations and healthy controls
AU - Langdon, R.
AU - Jones, S. R.
AU - Connaughton, E.
AU - Fernyhough, C.
N1 - Copyright 2009 Cambridge University Press. Article originally published in Psychological medicine, Volume 39, Issue 4, 655-663. The original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291708003978.
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - Background. Despite the popularity of inner-speech theories of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), little is known about the phenomenological qualities of inner speech in patients with schizophrenia who experience AVHs (Sz-AVHs), or how this compares to inner speech in the non-voice-hearing general population. Method. We asked Sz-AVHs (n=29) and a non-voice-hearing general population sample (n=42) a series of questions about their experiences of hearing voices, if present, and their inner speech. Results. The inner speech reported by patients and controls was found to be almost identical in all respects. Furthermore, phenomenological qualities of AVHs (e.g. second- or third-person voices) did not relate to corresponding qualities in inner speech. Conclusions. No discernable differences were found between the inner speech reported by Sz-AVHs and healthy controls. Implications for inner-speech theories of AVHs are discussed.
AB - Background. Despite the popularity of inner-speech theories of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), little is known about the phenomenological qualities of inner speech in patients with schizophrenia who experience AVHs (Sz-AVHs), or how this compares to inner speech in the non-voice-hearing general population. Method. We asked Sz-AVHs (n=29) and a non-voice-hearing general population sample (n=42) a series of questions about their experiences of hearing voices, if present, and their inner speech. Results. The inner speech reported by patients and controls was found to be almost identical in all respects. Furthermore, phenomenological qualities of AVHs (e.g. second- or third-person voices) did not relate to corresponding qualities in inner speech. Conclusions. No discernable differences were found between the inner speech reported by Sz-AVHs and healthy controls. Implications for inner-speech theories of AVHs are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0033291708003978
DO - 10.1017/S0033291708003978
M3 - Article
C2 - 18667096
AN - SCOPUS:65549165979
SN - 0033-2917
VL - 39
SP - 655
EP - 663
JO - Psychological Medicine
JF - Psychological Medicine
IS - 4
ER -