Types of Hypnotically (Un)Susceptible Individuals as a Function of Phenomenological Experience: Towards a Typology of Hypnotic Types

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-224

  Pekala, Ronald J ^a   Forbes, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0031017708     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.1997.10403386     Document Type: Article

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