TY - JOUR
T1 - The varieties of inner speech questionnaire – Revised (VISQ-R) - replicating and refining links between inner speech and psychopathology
AU - Alderson-Day, Ben
AU - Mitrenga, Kaja
AU - Wilkinson, Sam
AU - McCarthy-Jones, Simon
AU - Fernyhough, Charles
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (WT098455 & WT108720). The authors would like to thank Joe Campbell and David Smailes for assistance with the project and The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Guardian Books and Guardian Science team for their support in the recruitment for sample 1.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Inner speech is a common experience for many but hard to measure empirically. The Varieties of Inner Speech Questionnaire (VISQ) has been used to link everyday phenomenology of inner speech – such as inner dialogue – to various psychopathological traits. However, positive and supportive aspects of inner speech have not always been captured. This study presents a revised version of the scale – the VISQ-R – based on factor analyses in two large samples: respondents to a survey on inner speech and reading (N = 1412) and a sample of university students (N = 377). Exploratory factor analysis indicated a five-factor structure including three previous subscales (dialogic, condensed, and other people in inner speech), an evaluative/critical factor, and a new positive/regulatory factor. Confirmatory factor analysis then replicated this structure in sample 2. Hierarchical regression analyses also replicated a number of relations between inner speech, hallucination-proneness, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and dissociation.
AB - Inner speech is a common experience for many but hard to measure empirically. The Varieties of Inner Speech Questionnaire (VISQ) has been used to link everyday phenomenology of inner speech – such as inner dialogue – to various psychopathological traits. However, positive and supportive aspects of inner speech have not always been captured. This study presents a revised version of the scale – the VISQ-R – based on factor analyses in two large samples: respondents to a survey on inner speech and reading (N = 1412) and a sample of university students (N = 377). Exploratory factor analysis indicated a five-factor structure including three previous subscales (dialogic, condensed, and other people in inner speech), an evaluative/critical factor, and a new positive/regulatory factor. Confirmatory factor analysis then replicated this structure in sample 2. Hierarchical regression analyses also replicated a number of relations between inner speech, hallucination-proneness, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and dissociation.
U2 - 10.1016/j.concog.2018.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.concog.2018.07.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 30041067
AN - SCOPUS:85049634590
SN - 1053-8100
VL - 65
SP - 48
EP - 58
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
ER -