Table 1.

Three-factor structure of the Portuguese adaptation of the LSHS.

Item	Factor
	1	2	3
4. In the past, I have had the experience of hearing a person's voice and then found that no one was there.	0.67
8. I often hear a voice speaking my thoughts aloud.	0.34	0.55
9. I have been troubled by hearing voices in my head.	0.67
10. On certain occasions, I have seen the face of a person in front of me, but there was no one.	0.73
14. In the past, I have smelt a particular odor when there was nothing there.	0.55
15. I have had the feeling of touching something or being touched and then found that nothing or no one was there.	0.79
16. Sometimes I have seen things or animals when nothing was in fact there.	0.76
5. The sounds I hear in my daydreams are generally clear and distinct.		0.78
6. The people in my daydreams seem so true to life that I sometimes think that they are.		0.73
7. In my daydreams I can hear the sound of a tune almost as clearly as if I were actually listening to it.		0.73
1. Sometimes a passing thought will seem so real that it frightens me.		0.50	0.44
2. Sometimes my thoughts seem as real as actual events in my life.		0.51	0.55
3. No matter how hard I try to concentrate on my work unrelated thoughts always creep into my mind.			0.74
11. Sometimes, immediately prior to falling asleep or upon awakening, I have had the experience of having seen or felt or heard something or someone that wasn't there or the feeling of being touched even though no one was there.	0.64		0.38
12. Sometimes, immediately prior to falling asleep or upon awakening, I have had a sensation of floating or falling or that I left my body temporarily.			0.56
13. On certain occasions I have had the feeling of the presence of someone close who has deceased.	0.46		0.37
Eigenvalue	5.58	1.78	1.11
Explained variance (%)	24.13	17.40	11.47
Cronbach α	0.82	0.74	0.71

Primary loading values (>0.30) are presented in bold; secondary loadings are underlined.