The varieties of inner speech: Links between quality of inner speech and psychopathological variables in a sample of young adults

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1586-1593

  McCarthy Jones, Simon ^a   Fernyhough, Charles ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Auditory hallucination; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Depression; Dialogic; Inner speech; Rumination; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INNER SPEECH; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VARIETY OF INNER SPEECH QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054862590     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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