Hypnotic sugestibility and adult attachment

Contemporary Hypnosis and Integrative Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-186

  Peter, Burkhard ^a,b   Hagl, Maria ^b   Bazijan, Alexandra ^b   Piesbergen, Christoph ^b  

^a MEG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Hypnosis; Hypnotizability; RSQ; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876992948     PISSN: 20492146     EISSN: 20492154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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