hallucinations; personality; old-age; five factor model; neuroticism; openness to experience; adulte; hallucination; personnalité -- structure; personnalité -- trait; personne âgée
Abstract :
[en] Few studies have explored the prevalence of hallucinations in the non-clinical, elderly population. Also, the association between personality structure and hallucinations remains poorly investigated. The aims of the present study were twofold. First, to explore the influence of age on the prevalence of hallucination-proneness, and second, to examine the association between personality and hallucination-proneness in young and elderly subjects. A sample of young (n = 230) and elderly adults (n = 183) completed an elaborated and validated version of the Launay-Slade Hallucinations Scale (LSHS; Laroi, Marczewski, & Van der Linden, 2004) and the Five Factor Inventory version of the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI; Costa,
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Laroi, Frank ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
DeFruyt, F.
van Os, J.
Aleman, A.
Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Language :
English
Title :
Associations between hallucinations and personality structure in a non-clinical sample : comparison between young and elderly samples
Publication date :
2005
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
ISSN :
0191-8869
eISSN :
1873-3549
Publisher :
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom
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