Barnes, J., Koch, L., Wilford, C. and Boubert, L. 2011. An investigation into personality, stress and sleep with reports of hallucinations in a normal population. Psychology. 2 (4), pp. 371-375. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2011.24058
| Title | An investigation into personality, stress and sleep with reports of hallucinations in a normal population. |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Barnes, J., Koch, L., Wilford, C. and Boubert, L. |
| Abstract | Emotion, especially anxiety, has been implicated in triggering hallucinations. Sleep behaviour has also been reported to have a modest influence on the judgments that lead to hallucinatory experiences. We report an investigation on the prediction of hallucinatory predisposition which explored emotion and associated processes (stress, personality and sleep behaviour) using a questionnaire survey in a student population (N = 127). Findings indicated significant associations between perceived stress levels and sleep, with stress and being a significant predictor of the hallucinatory experience. In addition there was a predictive relationship between the proneness to hallucinate and schizotypal personality traits, characterised by the subscale of cognitive disorganisation and unusual experiences. Stress and anxiety together with personality may need to be considered in the understanding of hallucinatory experience |
| Keywords | Hallucinations |
| Normal Population | |
| Personality | |
| Journal | Psychology |
| Journal citation | 2 (4), pp. 371-375 |
| ISSN | 2152-7180 |
| 2152-7199 | |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publisher | Scientific Research |
| Publisher's version | License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2011.24058 |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura-Boubert/publication/268328258_An_Investigation_into_Personality_Stress_and_Sleep_with_Reports_of_Hallucinations_in_a_Normal_Population_-Hallucinations_in_Normal_Population/links/554cc5e70cf29752ee8030e1/An-Investigation-into-Personality-Stress-and-Sleep-with-Reports-of-Hallucinations-in-a-Normal-Population-Hallucinations-in-Normal-Population.pdf |
| Publication dates | |
| Published in print | Jul 2011 |