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Cognitive variables in tinnitus annoyance
Author(s) -
Hallam R. S.,
Jakes S. C.,
Hinchcliffe R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1988.tb00778.x
Subject(s) - tinnitus , complaint , annoyance , psychology , distress , clinical psychology , perception , coping (psychology) , cognition , audiology , psychiatry , medicine , neuroscience , political science , law , loudness
Two new questionnaires were devised to investigate dimensions of complaint about tinnitus. Following a factor analysis of data provided by a sample of tinnitus patients who were administered the first questionnaire, the second questionnaire was developed. This included questions concerning coping attitudes and beliefs about tinnitus. The results of the two analyses were similar and they indicated the presence of three main dimensions of complaint (emotional distress, auditory perceptual difficulties, and sleep disturbance). However several smaller factors suggested that complaint was more complex than originally predicted. The second questionnaire successfully discriminated complaining from non‐complaining patients.