Further evidence of the multi-dimensionality of hallucinatory predisposition: Factor structure of a modified version of the Launay-Slade Hallucinations Scale in a normal sample

European Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

  Larøi, Frank ^a   Marczewski, Philippe ^a   Van Der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Hallucinatory predisposition; Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations; Launay Slade Hallucination Scale; Multi dimensionality; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LAUNAY SLADE HALLUCINATION SCALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP; THOUGHT DISORDER; VIVID DREAM;

EID: 1142297402     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(03)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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