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The British Journal of Psychiatry (2000) 177: 229-232
© 2000 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

The revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R)

PAUL CHADWICK, Head of Clinical Psychology

Royal South Hants Hospital & Visiting Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Exeter

SUSAN LEES, Research Assistant

Department of Psychology, University of Southampton

MAX BIRCHWOOD

Director of Early Intervention Service, North Birmingham Mental Health Trust, and Professor of Psychology, University of Birmingham

Correspondence: Paul Chadwick, School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Washington Singer Laboratories, Perry Road, Exeter EX4 4QG, UK

Declaration of interest This study was supported by a University of Southampton grant to the first author.

Background We present a revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ—R), a self-report measure of patients' beliefs, emotions and behaviour about auditory hallucinations.

Aims To improve measurement of omnipotence, a pivotal concept in understanding auditory hallucinations, and elucidate links between beliefs about voices, anxiety and depression.

Methods Seventy-one participants with chronic auditory hallucinations completed the BAVQ—R, and 58 also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Results The mean Cronbach's {alpha} for the five sub-scales was 0.86 (range 0.74-0.88). The study supports hypotheses about links between beliefs, emotions and behaviour, and presents original data on how these relate to the new omnipotence sub-scale. Original data are also presented on connections with anxiety and depression.

Conclusions The BAVQ—R is more reliable and sensitive to individual differences than the original version, and reliably measures omnipotence.




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