Are “Fat-Girls” More Hypnotically Susceptible?

Thorne, D. Eugene; Rasmus, Carolyn; Fisher, A. Garth

doi:10.2466/pr0.1976.38.1.267

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“…Thorne, Rasmus, and Fisher (1976) were the first to report an obese group of patients as having a higher mean score (9.17) on the HGSHS:A. Alternatively, Deyoub (1978) (Barber & Glass, 1962) and found no significant relationship between obesity and suggestibility, as measured by the Barber scale. Andersen (1985), using the SHSS:C, arguably a more accurate measure of hypnotizability, found that the percentage overweight was significantly related to hypnotizability test scores, r = .56, p < .001.…”

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Hypnotizability, Eating Behaviors, Attitudes, and Concerns:A Literature Survey

Hutchinson‐Phillips

Gow

Jamieson

2007

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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The literature suggests that aspects of hypnotizability may be involved in the etiology and maintenance of self-defeating eating. However, interpretation of the published research findings has been complicated by the use of instruments that appear to have measured different or, at best, only related facets of the underlying constructs. This article reports relationships between weight, shape, dietary concerns, hypnotizability, dissociative capacity, and fantasy proneness. Implications for a key role for hypnosis in the treatment of eating behaviors, attitudes, and concerns are discussed.

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Section: Links With Self-defeating Overeatingmentioning

confidence: 87%

Hypnotizability, Eating Behaviors, Attitudes, and Concerns:A Literature Survey

Hutchinson‐Phillips

Gow

Jamieson

2007

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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“…Concern with weight and eating behavior may be correlated with hypnotic susceptibility in women (Groth-Marnat 6r Schumaker, 1990). It is also possible that overweight women are more hypnotically susceptible (Thorne, Rasmus, & Fisher, 1976; but see also Deyoub, 1978).…”

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Hypnosis in the treatment of obesity.

Levitt¹

1993

Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis.

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The causes of obesity or overweight (the terms are sometimes differentiated by degree and sometimes used interchangeably) are complex. Many investigations have shown that grossly overweight individuals have more emotional disturbance and more neurotic traits than do people of normal weight, but no study has ever linked obesity to any particular syndrome or specific psychological problem. A circumspect view is that it has multiple causes, including metabolic, neurological, and socioeconomic, as well as psychological, factors (Rodin, 1982;Swanson & Dinello, 1970).Etiology aside, excessive caloric intake is an endemic problem in the United States. It has been estimated that there are 40 to 80 million obese Americans, depending on the criteria for obesity (Stuart & Davis, 1972).A survey carried out more than 25 years ago indicated that almost 10 million Americans were dieting and that another 42 million were concerned about their weight (Wyden, 1965).The duthor gratefully acknowledges the technical and clerical assistance provided hy JoAnn Switzer,

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