Suggestibility or hypnosis: What do our scales really measure?

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-225

  Kirsch, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SUGGESTION; THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUGGESTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031179560     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207149708416124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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