Predisposition toward auditory hallucinations: The utility of the Launay-Slade hallucination scale in psychiatric patients

Author(s): Ward, P. B., Catts, S. V., Hemsley, D. R.

Journal/Book: Pers Indiv Differ. 1996; 21: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England OX5 1GB. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 287-289.

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine the factor structure of the Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale (1981), a measure of hallucinatory predisposition, in a sample of 169 psychiatric patients. Principal components analysis was carried out on scores derived from the modified LSHS (Bentall & Slade, Personality and Individual Differences, 6, 527-529, 1985). Factor one loaded on items concerning vivid daydreams; factors two loaded on items reflecting hallucinatory experience in psychosis; factor three loaded highly on items tapping intrusive, vivid thoughts; while factor four loaded on items tapping perceptual abberations. These data support the separability of the LSHS sub-clinical and clinical types of auditory hallucinations. .

Note: Article C Levitan, Univ New S Wales, Prince Wales Hosp, Sch Psychiat, High St, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia

Keyword(s): VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS; REALITY

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