Not all group hypnotic suggestibility scales are created equal: Individual differences in behavioral and subjective responses

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Barnes, Sean M ^a   Lynn, Steven Jay ^a   Pekala, Ronald J ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carleton University Responsiveness to Suggestion Scale; Group Scale of Hypnotic Ability; Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility; Hypnosis; Hypnotic suggestibility; Hypnotic suggestibility scale; Hypnotic susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPECTANCY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMAGERY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SUGGESTION; THINKING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUGGESTION;

EID: 62749199241     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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