Identifying psychological predictors of voice occurrence: a secondary analysis of experience sampling data from the AVATAR2 trial

Within this study we seek to identify potential predictors of the occurrence of voices within the day to day lives of voice hearers, via experience sampling methods. Experience sampling provides the opportunity to identify moment-to-moment psychological factors that trigger voices as they naturally occur in day-to-day life. We will assess both contemporaneous and temporal effects to elucidate whether such triggers are momentary or have sustained effects over a number of hours. We are testing three candidate mechanisms, found plausible to both lived-experience and clinical academic experts: voice-related worry, social isolation and lack of engagement with meaningful activity. Hypotheses are provided in the document upload.