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. 2022 Jul 12;13:917199. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.917199

Table 1.

Instruments used.

Questionnaire Acronym Number of questions Factors/Subdimensions
Mystical Experiences Questionnaire MEQ 30 Mystical, Positive Mood, Transcendence of Time and Space, Ineffability
Hood Mysticism Scale HMS 32 Unity, Ineffability, Positive Affect, Sense of Sacredness, Loss of Ego
Hallucinogen Rating Scale HRS 99 Intensity, Somaesthesia, Affect, Perception, Cognition, Volition
States of Consciousness Questionnaire SOCQ 100
(43 Pahnke–Richards Mystical Experience Questionnaire; 57 distractors)
Unity, Transcendence of Time and Space, Ineffability, Sacredness, Noetic Quality, Positive Mood
5 Dimensions of Altered State of Consciousness Questionnaire 5D-ASC 96 Oceanic Boundlessness, Dread of Ego Dissolution, Visionary Restructuralization, Auditory Alterations, Altered Vigilance
11 Dimensions of Altered State of Consciousness Questionnaire 11D-ASC 94
(44 scored; 50 distractors)
Experience of Unity, Spiritual Experience, Blissful State Insightfulness, Disembodiment, Impaired Control and Cognition, Anxiety, Complex Imagery, Elementary Imagery, Audio-Visual Synesthesia, Changed Meaning of Perceptions