The Varieties of Inner Speech Questionnaire

Do you engage in internal dialogue?

The Varieties of Inner Speech Questionnaire – Revised (VISQ‑R) measures the phenomenological properties of your inner speech across five dimensions: dialogic, condensed, other‑people voices, evaluative/critical, and positive/regulatory.

Instructions: For each statement, select how frequently you experience it, ranging from Never (1) to All the time (7). Be as honest as you can—there are no right or wrong answers.

How frequently do you have these experiences?

When I am talking to myself about things in my mind, it is like I am going back and forward asking myself questions and then answering them.*

My thinking in words is shortened compared to my normal out‑loud speech. For example, rather than saying to myself things like ‘I need to go to the shops,’ I will just say ‘shops’ to myself in my head.*

I experience the voices of other people asking me questions in my head.*

The Varieties of Inner Speech Questionnaire

Do you engage in internal dialogue?

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