Cross-cultural Differences in Hallucinations: A Comparison Between Middle Eastern and European Community-Based Samples.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

While literature indicates that culture modulates phenomenological characteristics of hallucinations in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, little is known about the extent culture modulates these characteristics in nonclinical samples.

Study design

We compared lifetime prevalence, age of onset, and phenomenology of hallucinations as assessed with the Questionnaire for Psychotic Experiences between samples of nonclinical participants used from the Netherlands (N = 2999) and Qatar (N = 2999). While participant recruitment differed between the 2 countries, the samples were relatively equal in terms of demographic factors.

Study results

Our findings indicate that the lifetime prevalence of tactile and olfactory hallucinations are the same across c

SUBMITTER: Khaled SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9960011 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature