Synthesis:Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory

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Dimensions and sub-dimensions

  1. Altered state of awareness
  2. Altered experience
  3. Altered body image
  4. Altered time sense
  5. Altered perception
  6. Altered meaning
  7. Volitional control
  8. Self-awareness
  9. Rationality
  10. Internal dialogue
  11. Positive affect
  12. Joy
  13. Sexual excitement
  14. Love
  15. Negative affect
  16. Anger
  17. Sadness
  18. Fear
  19. Imagery
    1. Amount
    2. Vividness
  20. Attention
    1. Direction
    2. Absorption
  21. Memory
  22. Arousal

Items


  1. I was forever distracted and unable to concentrate on anything. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was able to concentrate quite well and was not distracted.
  2. My thinking was clear and understandable. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My thinking was unclear and not easy to understand.
  3. The thoughts and images I had were under my control; I decided what I thought or imagined. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Images and thoughts popped into my mind without my control.
  4. I had an experience which I would label as very religious, spiritual, or transcendental. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I did not have any experience which I would label as religious, spiritual, or transcendental.
  5. I became aware of very intense sexual feelings. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced no sexual feelings.
  6. I was silently talking to myself a great deal. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I did not engage in any silent talking to myself.
  7. I felt very, very sad. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of sadness whatsoever.
  8. My attention was completely directed toward my own internal subjective experience. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My attention was completely directed toward the world around me.
  9. I felt ecstatic and joyful. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of being ecstatic or joyful.
  10. I cannot remember what I experienced. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I can remember just about everything that I experienced.
  11. My body ended at the boundary between my skin and the world. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt my body greatly expanded beyond the boundaries of my skin.
  12. I experienced a great deal of visual imagery. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced no visual imagery at all.
  13. I was not aware of being aware of myself at all; I had no self-awareness. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was very aware of being aware of myself; my self-awareness was intense.
  14. I felt no emotions of rage whatsoever. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt enraged.
  15. My perception of the flow of time changed drastically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I noticed no changes in my perception of the flow of time.
  16. I felt very frightened. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no emotions of being frightened.
  17. My perception of the world changed drastically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I noticed no changes in my perception of the world.
  18. My visual imagery was so vivid and three-dimensional, it seemed real. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My visual imagery was so vague and diffuse, it was hard to get an image of anything.
  19. The muscles of my body felt very tense and tight. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 The muscles of my body felt very loose and relaxed.
  20. I experienced no feelings of love. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced very strong feelings of love.
  21. My state of consciousness was not any different or unusual from what it ordinarily is. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt in an extremely different and unusual state of consciousness.
  22. I can recall nothing that happened to me. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I can recall everything that happened to me.
  23. I had an experience of awe and reverence toward the world. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I had no experience of awe and reverence toward the world.