Hypnotizability and somatic complaints: A gender-specific phenomenon

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Younger, Jarred W ^a   Rossetti, Gina C ^b   Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^c   Smith, Arthur R ^c   Tasso, Anthony F ^d   Nash, Michael R ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Jersey Battered Women's Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE; WATERLOO STANFORD GROUP C SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33845368197     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140600995745     Document Type: Article

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