Investigating hallucination-proneness, dissociative experiences and trauma in the general population

Jones, Owen, Hughes-Ruiz, Luna and Vass, Victoria ORCID: 0000-0001-6771-871X (2023) Investigating hallucination-proneness, dissociative experiences and trauma in the general population. Psychosis, ahead- (ahead-). pp. 1-9.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2023.2254810

Abstract

Background: There is evidence to suggest trauma significantly predicts risk for psychosis. Dissociation might be a key causal variable, mediating the relationship between trauma and hallucination-proneness in clinical samples. Objective: To investigate the associations between dissociation, trauma, and hallucination-proneness in the general population sample. Methods: The study design was correlational and cross-sectional, using a convenience sample (N = 227). Pearson’s correlation coefficients were conducted to investigate the relationship between measures of hallucination-proneness and dissociative experiences, and subjective trauma and interpretations of voices. A mediation analysis was conducted to investigate whether dissociative experiences mediate the relationship between trauma and hallucination proneness. A between-subjects ANOVA was conducted to investigate the associations between hallucination-proneness and levels of reported trauma. Results: There was a significant association between trauma and hallucinations, the severity of subjective trauma exposure was associated with increased hallucination-proneness. There was a significant correlation between hallucination-proneness and dissociative experiences. Dissociative experiences significantly mediated the relationship between subjective trauma and hallucination-proneness. Subjective trauma positively correlated with all measures of the interpretations of voices inventory. Discussion: Previous findings from clinical samples were replicated in this general population sample, providing support to traumagenic and continuum models of psychosis, which may have implications for clinical practice.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Hallucinations, dissociation, trauma
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2023 10:53
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 09:54
DOI:	10.1080/17522439.2023.2254810
Open Access URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17522...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3172918