The role of inner speech on the association between childhood adversity and 'hearing voices'.

ABSTRACT: Adverse childhood experiences are associated with later development of psychosis, particularly auditory verbal hallucinations and delusions. Although auditory hallucinations have been proposed to be misattributed inner speech, the relation between childhood adversity and inner speech has not been previously investigated. The first aim was to test whether childhood adversity is associated with inner speech in persons with psychosis. The second aim was to test for the influence of inner speech on the association between childhood adversity and auditory hallucinations. Our final aim was to test for evidence that would falsify the null hypothesis that inner speech does not impact the relationship between childhood adversity and delusions. In persons with psychosis, we found a positive associat

SUBMITTER: Rosen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731775 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature