Understanding the role of self in auditory verbal hallucinations using a self-discrepancy paradigm.

Voice experiences can be meaningfully related to how the person views themselves in relation to concepts of their ideal, ought, and feared selves Negative voice content might be understood as reflecting discrepancies from these self-representations, which may have a self-regulatory function in relation to goal-directed behaviour. Identifying how voice content relates to self could be useful in not only challenging the extent of perceived self-discrepancies, but also considering how to enact valued parts of self.