The revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R).
BACKGROUND
We present a revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R), a self-report measure of patients' beliefs, emotions and behaviour about auditory hallucinations.


OBJECTIVE
To improve measurement of omnipotence, a pivotal concept in understanding auditory hallucinations, and elucidate links between beliefs about voices, anxiety and depression.


METHODS
Seventy-one participants with chronic auditory hallucinations completed the BAVQ-R, and 58 also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.


RESULTS
The mean Cronbach's alpha for the five sub-scales was 0.86 (range 0.74-0.88). The study supports hypotheses about links between beliefs, emotions and behaviour, and presents original data on how these relate to the new omnipotence sub-scale. Original data are also presented on connections with anxiety and depression.


CONCLUSIONS
The BAVQ-R is more reliable and sensitive to individual differences than the original version, and reliably measures omnipotence.
Chandwick
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Royal South Hants Hospital.
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Birchwood
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome