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The Omnipotence of Voices II: the Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Paul Chadwick  and
Max Birchwood
Paul Chadwick*
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham and Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust
Max Birchwood
Affiliation:
Archer Centre, Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust, and Academic Unit of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
*
Dr Paul Chadwick, Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust, All Saints Hospital, Lodge Road, Winson Green, Birmingham B18 5SD
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Background

We describe the development and psychometric investigation of the Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ), a self-report measure of how people understand and respond to their voices. The measure is unique in being driven by and gathering data essential to a cognitive formulation of voices.

Method

Sixty subjects with chronic hallucinatory voices took part.

Results

Psychometric properties of the scales were established, including test-retest reliability (mean = 0.89), internal reliability (mean Cronbach's α = 0.85), and construct validity using factor analysis and the criterion group method.

Conclusions

The BAVQ was found to be easy to complete and the scale may aid clinical assessment of voices, not least because of the possible value of cognitive therapy as a treatment approach.

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Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 166 , Issue 6 , June 1995 , pp. 773 - 776
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995 

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