The modified tellegen absorption scale: A clearer window on the structure and meaning of absorption

Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-139

  Jamieson, Graham A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MODIFIED TELLEGEN ABSORPTION SCALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

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