Validation of the Psychological Insight Scale: A new scale to assess psychological insight following a psychedelic experience.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As their name suggests, 'psychedelic' (mind-revealing) compounds are thought to catalyse processes of psychological insight; however, few satisfactory scales exist to sample this. This study sought to develop a new scale to measure psychological insight after a psychedelic experience: the Psychological Insight Scale (PIS).

Methods

The PIS is a six- to seven-item questionnaire that enquires about psychological insight after a psychedelic experience (PIS-6) and accompanied behavioural changes (PIS item 7). In total, 886 participants took part in a study in which the PIS and other questionnaires were completed in a prospective fashion in relation to a planned psychedelic experience. For validation purposes, data from 279 participants were analysed fro

SUBMITTER: Peill JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8801624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature