40 schizophrenics with auditory hallucinations described by Schneider w e r e selected from an outpatient department and were studied with the aim of examining the constellation of the values of qualities of experienced reality of auditory hallucinations and the probable factors influencing such constellation. The factors examined were the duration of hallucinations, duration of each episode of hallucinations, their frequency (daily or otherwise), position of the 'voice ' in space and the knowledge of ' speaker f s) ' It was found that there were more positive than negative or doubtful values of reality qual~ties of auditory hallucinations. Among the factors examined, dcration of hallucinations alone appeared t o influence the constellation of v a 1 u e s .
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