Hypnotic responsiveness: Expectancy, attitudes, fantasy proneness, absorption, and gender

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-121

  Green, Joseph P ^a   Lynn, Steven Jay ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FANTASY; FEMALE; HARVARD GROUP SCALE OF HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY, FORM A; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INVENTORY OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AND IMAGININGS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELLEGEN ABSORPTION SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CULTURE; FANTASY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649524106     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2011.522914     Document Type: Article

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