Of the ‘‘distressing’’ and ‘‘pleasurable’’ types of hallucinations,
a previous study found that patients who experience the
voice as less dangerous or are able to identify the voice had a
higher level of compliance with these voices [17]. Another
study found the severity of the command had the main effect on
compliance [5]. Other studies have proposed that personality
may influence the perception of and compliance with these
voices. Romme [34] proposed that hallucination can be
understood as people’s method of relating to their personality
and experience, which determines how they will view these
voices. Sanjuan et al. [36] also proposed that whether a person
perceives the voices as pleasurable or not may be associated
with the individual’s intrinsic characteristics, such as personality.