Brief Hypnotic Suggestibility Training: A Confirmation of its Effectiveness and a Test of Self-Report Validity

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-302

  Gorassini, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 84860505690     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/L111-3X0R-W5PW-738M     Document Type: Article

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