Supplementary Material for: EAWE: Examination of Anomalous World Experience
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<p>The “EAWE: Examination of Anomalous World Experience” is a detailed
semi-structured interview format whose aim is to elicit description and
discussion of a person's experience of various aspects of their lived
world. The instrument is grounded in the tradition of phenomenological
psychopathology and aims to explore, in a qualitatively rich manner, six
key dimensions of subjectivity - namely, a person's experience of: (1)
Space and objects, (2) Time and events, (3) Other persons, (4) Language
(whether spoken or written), (5) Atmosphere (overall sense of reality,
familiarity, vitality, meaning, or relevance), and (6) Existential
orientation (values, attitudes, and worldviews). The EAWE is based on
and primarily directed toward experiences thought to be common in, and
sometimes distinctive of, schizophrenia spectrum conditions. It can,
however, also be used to investigate anomalies of world experience in
other populations. After a theoretical and methodological introduction,
the EAWE lists 75 specific items, often with subtypes, in its six
domains, together with illustrative quotations from patients. The EAWE
appears in a special issue of <i>Psychopathology</i> that also contains
an orienting preface (where the difficulty as well as necessity of
studying subjective life is acknowledged) and a brief reliability
report. Also included are six ancillary or background articles, which
survey phenomenologically oriented theory, research, and clinical lore
relevant to the six experiential domains.</p>