Self-focused attention in schizophrenic patients with and without auditory hallucinations and normal subjects: A comparative study

Author(s): Haddock, G.

Journal/Book: Pers Indiv Differ. 1997; 23: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England OX5 1GB. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 937-941.

Abstract: Self-focused attention has been implicated in a number of psychiatric disorders, but little research has examined this in schizophrenic subjects. In this study, a sample of schizophrenic patients experiencing auditory hallucinations, schizophrenic patients not experiencing auditory hallucinations and normal controls were asked to complete the private self-consciousness subscale of the Self Consciousness Scale. It was found that patients experiencing auditory hallucinations exhibited significantly higher levels of self-focus than those not experiencing hallucinations, although they did not differ from normal subjects. It was also shown that level of self-focus predicted whether or not subjects experienced hallucinations. These results, and their implications, are discussed with reference to the literature.

Note: Article Morrison AP, Prestwich Hosp, Dept Clin Psychol, Bury New Rd, Manchester M25 3BL, Lancs, ENGLAND

Keyword(s): self-focus; schizophrenia; auditory hallucinations; PSYCHOLOGICAL-RESEARCH; CONSCIOUSNESS; MODEL; ANXIETY; SCALE

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