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  • Title: Depersonalization as a mediator in the relationship between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations.
    Author: Perona-Garcelán S, Carrascoso-López F, García-Montes JM, Vallina-Fernández O, Pérez-Álvarez M, Ductor-Recuerda MJ, Salas-Azcona R, Cuevas-Yust C, Gómez-Gómez MT.
    Journal: J Trauma Dissociation; 2011; 12(5):535-48. PubMed ID: 21967180.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this work was to study the potentially mediating role of certain dissociative factors, such as depersonalization, between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations. A total of 59 patients diagnosed with schizophrenic disorder completed a self-focused attention scale ( M. F. Scheier & C. S. Carver, 1985 ), the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (M. Sierra & G. E. Berrios, 2000), and the hallucination and delusion items on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (S. R. Kay, L. A. Opler, & J. P. Lindenmayer, 1988). The results showed that self-focused attention correlated positively with auditory hallucinations, with delusions, and with depersonalization. It was also demonstrated that depersonalization has a mediating role between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations but not delusions. In the discussion, the importance of dissociative processes in understanding the formation and maintenance of auditory hallucinations is suggested.
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