Table 3.

Forms of Address, Identity, and Relationship With Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

Property (MUPS question #, n)	Response option	% endorsed
In what “person” did the predominant voice(s) usually speak to you? (Q16a, 193)	First person (“I am bad”)	28
	Second person (“You are bad”)	73
	Implied first person (“Time for you to sit”)	36
	Third person (“Steve is bad”)	65
	Not addressed (“The grass is green”)	28
Form of address changed over time (Q16b, 187)	Yes	15
	No	85
Hear two (or more) voices commenting to each other (or one another) about you? (Q19a, 166)	Never	33
	Rarely	8
	Sometimes	29
	Often	30
Did the different voices address you separately? (Q20a, 161)	Never	11
	Rarely	4
	Sometimes	26
	Often	59
Did the voice(s) ever take the form of a running commentary (commenting on your behavior or thoughts)? (Q21a, 196)	Never	38
	Rarely	7
	Sometimes	25
	Often	30
Gender of the voice(s) (Q15, 183)	Male	25
	Female	5
	Both	63
	Unsure	7
Are the voices anonymous, ie, unknown to the person? (Q18a, 197)	Yes	31
	No	37
	Mix of known & unknown	32
Voices like people who’ve spoken to you in the past? (Q18b, 188)	Yes	70
	No	30
If the voice is unknown to you do you picture the appearance of this unknown person behind the voice? (Q30a, 150)	Never	52
	Rarely	4
	Sometimes	22
	Often	22
Do any of your voices have accents? (Q34a, 194)	Never	74
	Rarely	6
	Sometimes	11
	Often	9
Relationship between you and the voice(s)? (Q31b, 195)	Yes	64
	No	28
Has the relationship changed over time? (Q31c, 154)	Yes	40
	No	55

Note: Where total does not equal 100%, this is due to “unsure” or “other” responses.