Voice-hearers’ beliefs about the causes of their voices

Eva Tolmeijer; Amy Hardy; Alyssa Jongeneel; Anton B.P. Staring; Mark van der Gaag; David van den Berg

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113997

Voice-hearers’ beliefs about the causes of their voices

Eva Tolmeijer^*
, Amy Hardy
, Alyssa Jongeneel
, Anton B.P. Staring
, Mark van der Gaag
, David van den Berg

^*Corresponding author for this work

Psychology

Amsterdam UMC
Parnassia Psycho-medical centre
King's College London
SLaM South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Altrecht Psychiatric Institute

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Abstract

Despite empirical evidence for multifactorial causes of voice-hearing, people's own beliefs about what caused their voices are understudied. People with distressing voices (n=125) completed measures of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and beliefs about causality. Most participants reported trauma in the past (97%) and PTSD symptoms were prevalent. Traumatic experiences were the most commonly endorsed causal factor of voice-hearing (64%), followed by distress (62%). Beliefs about biological causes, including drug use (22%), were least endorsed. Those who experienced more traumatic events and more PTSD symptoms were more likely to endorse trauma as a causal factor of voice-hearing (R²=0.38).

Original language	English
Article number	113997
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113997
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

Post-traumatic stress
Trauma
Voice-hearing

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