The Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility: Accuracy of self-report and the memory for items

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-320

  Younger, Jarred ^a,c   Kemmerer, David D ^b   Winkel, Justin D ^b   Nash, Michael R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c St Luke's Medical Center Phoenix   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; HARVARD GROUP SCALE OF HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEMORY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SUGGESTION;

EID: 22044440140     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140590961411     Document Type: Article

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