title: Exploration of the psychometric properties of an Inventory of Voice Experiences.
abstract: The aim of the study was to identify psychometric properties of an inventory of voice-hearing experiences (IVE) [corrected] One hundred fifteen psychiatric nurses rated the language content represented on two forms of the IVE and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) [corrected] while viewing a videotaped assessment of an experienced voice hearer. Findings revealed modest to moderate support for internal consistency and concordance of the language represented on the measures as well as moderate support for convergent validity of IVE Forms A and B and modest support for their convergence with the BPRS. Nurse ratings of the IVE [corrected] explained 14 to 15 percent [corrected] of the variation in the same nurses' ratings of the hallucinated symptom item on the BPRS measure. Other [corrected] findings from the study [corrected]augment the position that not all hallucinated voices are indicative of clinical pathology, providing an additional basis on which to further refine and test the two measures [corrected]
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. mengland@uwindsor.ca
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: England
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tripp-Reimer
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rubenstein
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale / Q000592:standards; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015588:Observer Variation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics; D012659:Semantic Differential / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D014743:Videotape Recording; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled