Definitions of hypnosis and hypnotizability and their relation to sugestion and sugestibility: A consensus statement

Contemporary Hypnosis and Integrative Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Kirsch, Irving ^a   Cardeña, Etzel ^b   Derbyshire, Stuart ^c   Dienes, Zoltan ^d   Heap, Michael ^e   Kalio, Sakari ^f   Mazzoni, Giuliana ^a   Naish, Peter ^g   Oakley, David ^h   Potter, Catherine ⁱ   Walters, Val ^h   Whaley, Matthew ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypnosis; Hypnotizability; Suggestibility; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873092986     PISSN: 20492146     EISSN: 20492154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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