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- Title
Depersonalization as a mediator in the relationship between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations.
- Authors
Perona-Garcelán, Salvador; Carrascoso-López, Francisco; García-Montes, José M; Vallina-Fernández, Oscar; Pérez-Álvarez, Marino; Ductor-Recuerda, María Jesús; Salas-Azcona, Rosario; Cuevas-Yust, Carlos; Gómez-Gómez, María Teresa
- Abstract
The purpose of this work was to study the potentially mediating role of certain dissociative factors, such as depersonalization, between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations. A total of 59 patients diagnosed with schizophrenic disorder completed a self-focused attention scale ( M. F. Scheier & C. S. Carver, 1985 ), the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (M. Sierra & G. E. Berrios, 2000), and the hallucination and delusion items on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (S. R. Kay, L. A. Opler, & J. P. Lindenmayer, 1988). The results showed that self-focused attention correlated positively with auditory hallucinations, with delusions, and with depersonalization. It was also demonstrated that depersonalization has a mediating role between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations but not delusions. In the discussion, the importance of dissociative processes in understanding the formation and maintenance of auditory hallucinations is suggested.
- Publication
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD), 2011, Vol 12, Issue 5, p535
- ISSN
1529-9740
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/15299732.2011.602181