Hypnotizability and dissociation in a college age population: Orthogonal individual differences

Faith, Meredith; Ray, William J.

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(94)90027-2

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“…Given contemporary theories of hypnosis as a dissociative experience (Barber, 1999;Carlson & Putnam, 1989;Kihlstrom, Glisky, & Angiulo, 1994), it is possible that both hypnotizability and psychophysiological complaints are influenced by trauma-related factors such as dissociation. Links between trauma, dissociation, and hypnotizability cannot, however, be equivocally stated (Faith & Ray, 1994;Frasquilho & Oakley, 1997;Green, 1997;Nash, Hulsey, Sexton, & Harralson, 1993).…”

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Hypnotizability and Somatic Complaints:A Gender-Specific Phenomenon

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Rossetti

Borckardt

et al. 2007

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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Abstract:The relationship between hypnotizability and somatic illness was measured in 45 college students. Several weeks after completing the Waterloo-Stanford Group C Scale (WSGC), participants filled out a somatic-complaint checklist and measures of psychopathology. Results indicated a positive correlation between hypnotizability and somatic illness, and the relationship was stronger for female participants. In contrast to the quadratic model proposed by Wickramasekera, the current data demonstrated a linear relationship between hypnotizability and somatic complaint. Further analyses showed that somatic complaints were associated with hallucination and imagery items, corresponding to the perceptualcognitive factor identified in Woody, Barnier, and McConkey's (2005) factor analysis of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C. The results call into question some claims that high hypnotizability is an adaptive and healthy trait.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hypnotizability and Somatic Complaints:A Gender-Specific Phenomenon

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Rossetti

Borckardt

et al. 2007

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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“…In fact, the correlation between measures of hypnotic suggestibility and dissociation vanishes to near zero when the measures are administered in separate testing contexts (Green, Kvaal, Lynn, Mare, & Sandberg, 1991;Oakman, Woody, & Bowers, 1996;Silva & Kirsch, 1992). Very small correlations (from .04 to .14) between dissociation and hypnotic responsiveness have been reported when both variables are assessed in large samples in the same research context (Faith & Ray, 1994;Nadon, Hoyt, Register, & Kihlstrom, 1991). Similarly, hypnotic responsiveness is not correlated with behaviors like divided attention, selective attention, or incidental learning, which could be interpreted as examples of dissociation in nonhypnotic contexts (Stava & Jaffa, 1988).…”

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Dissociation theories of hypnosis.

Kirsch

Lynn²

1998

Psychological Bulletin

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Hypnotic responses have been attributed to 2 mechanisms that are characterized as dissociative. In E. R. Hilgard's (1986) neodissociation theory, responses are hypothesized to be due to a division of consciousness into 2 or more simultaneous streams, separated by an amnesic barrier that prevents access to suggestion-related executive functions, monitoring functions, or both. In K. S. Bowers's (1992) dissociated control theory, hypnotic inductions are hypothesized to weaken frontal control of behavioral schemas, thereby allowing direct activation of behavior by the hypnotist's suggestions. The authors review the empirical base, conceptual issues, and strengths and weaknesses of both theories.

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“…College students (N = 886) formed the basis of a study by Faith and Ray (1994), who, after administration of the DES, the QED, and the HGSHS:A, concluded that there was an orthogonal relationship between hypnotizability and dissociation. Their interpretation of the data posited the possibility of voluntary and involuntary pathways to dissociation.…”

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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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Hypnotizability and dissociation in a college age population: Orthogonal individual differences

Cited by 19 publications

References 27 publications

Hypnotizability and Somatic Complaints:A Gender-Specific Phenomenon

Hypnotizability and Somatic Complaints:A Gender-Specific Phenomenon

Dissociation theories of hypnosis.

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

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