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Auditory hallucinations and the Verbal Transformation Effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

S. V. Catts ,
M. S. Armstrong ,
K. Norcross  and
N. McConaghy
S. V. Catts*
Affiliation:
New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia
M. S. Armstrong
Affiliation:
New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia
K. Norcross
Affiliation:
New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia
N. McConaghy
Affiliation:
New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr S. V. Catts, Research Fellow, c/o Psychiatric Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, High Street, Randwick, N.S.W. 2031 Australia
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Synopsis

In an attempt to replicate findings reported by Slade (1976), 12 hallucinating and 12 non-hallucinating schizophrenic subjects were compared on tests of verbal ability, personality and mental imagery variables and the Verbal Transformation Effect. No significant difference between the groups was demonstrated. When the data from both groups of schizophrenics were combined, a significant correlation was found between 2 measures of the Verbal Transformation Effect and the P-score of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 139 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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