Phenomenological state effects during hypnosis: A cross-validation of findings

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-21

  Kumar, V K ^a   Pekala, Ronald J ^b   McCloskey, Michael M ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Harvard Scale; Hypnosis; Hypnotizability; Phenomenological states; Stanford Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002835456     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.145     Document Type: Article

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