Exploring the Working Mechanisms between Anxiety, Mental Imagery, and Auditory Verbal Hallucinations: A Longitudinal Study
The present findings suggest that mental imagery may play a role in the development and the maintenance of AVHs by intensifying anxiety, which then precedes an increase in AVHs. Capturing mental imagery alongside verbal interpretations of AVHs may help to understand the dynamic interplay between mental imagery, anxiety, and AVHs and to refine cognitive frameworks for more effective psychological treatments.
Authors
- Hella Janssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-4084)
- Machteld Marcelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0045-9244)
- Ger P. J. Keijsers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2918-2023)
- K.C. van den Berg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1664-579X)
- Samantha Bouwmeester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5983-6133)
- Liesje F L ter Bekke- van der Peet
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Tilburg University (NL)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Schizophrenia Bulletin Open
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaf026
- Primary Topic
- Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universiteit Maastricht