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Swearing Voices: An Experimental Investigation of the Suppression of Hostile Hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2006

Eric Rassin  and
Simone van der Heiden
Eric Rassin
Affiliation:
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Simone van der Heiden
Affiliation:
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Generally, the suppression of unwanted thoughts is found to be ineffective. Moreover, in the longer run, suppression attempts may backfire in that they produce a delayed increase in unwanted thoughts (i.e. a rebound effect). This ineffectiveness and paradox have been observed in various studies, and with various targets, such as neutral thoughts, obsessive intrusions, worries, addictive urges, and phobia-related cognitions. The present study sought to explore the effect of suppression of a different intrusion, namely a hallucination. Healthy undergraduates were exposed to a laboratory procedure that was to provoke hallucinations. Half of the participants were additionally given instructions to suppress the hallucinations. Results indicated that suppression was somewhat effective in the short run, but ineffective in the long run. However, no rebound effect was observed.

Keywords

Hostile hallucinationsthought suppression
Type
Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , May 2007 , pp. 355 - 360
Copyright
© 2006 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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