"How deeply hypnotized did I get?" Predicting self-reported hypnotic depth from a phenomenological assessment instrument

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-339

  Pekala, Ronald ^a   Kumar, V K ^b   Maurer, Ronald ^a   Elliott Carter, Nancy ^a   Moon, Edward ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; IMAGINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUGGESTION;

EID: 33745153403     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140600691344     Document Type: Article

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