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Through the looking glass : self-reassuring meta-cognitive capacity and its relationship with the thematic content of voices
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Connor, Charlotte and Birchwood, M. J. (2013) Through the looking glass : self-reassuring meta-cognitive capacity and its relationship with the thematic content of voices. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7 . 213. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00213 ISSN 1662-5161.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00213
Abstract
Aims: To examine the self-critical thoughts and self-reassuring meta-cognitive capacity of those who hear voices and explore whether they are associated with the theme of voice content and appraisals of voice power and voice expressed emotion.
Method: A cross-sectional design was used, combining semi-structured interviews and self-report measures. Data on symptomatology, self-critical thoughts and self-reassuring meta-cognitive capacity, thematic voice content, and appraisals of voice power and expressed emotion were collected from 74 voice-hearers in Birmingham, UK.
Results: Common themes of voice content reflected issues of shame, control, and affiliation. Controlling content was the most prevalent theme, however, no significant predictor of this theme was found; shaming thematic voice content linked with reduced capacity to self-reassure following self-critical thoughts. Voice-hearers with the greatest level of self-critical thoughts appraised their voices as powerful and high in voice expressed emotion.
Conclusions: Findings suggest that voice-hearers self-critical thoughts are reflected in the type of relationship they have with their voice. However, access to self-reassuring meta-cognitive capacity may serve as a protective factor for those who hear voices, resulting in more benign voice content. These findings highlight the importance of this specific meta-cognitive capacity and will inform future therapeutic interventions for the management of voices in this vulnerable group.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | ||||
| Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation | ||||
| ISSN: | 1662-5161 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | 7 | ||||
| Article Number: | 213 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00213 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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