Effects of hypnotist susceptibility and sex on the administration of standard hypnotic susceptibility scales

Coe, William C.

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“…This widespread idea is pure myth; in actuality, administering a hypnotic induction and specific suggestions do not require any special skills or abilities beyond those required for basic social interactions and administration of experimental or clinical procedures, such as the ability to establish rapport. At least one study showed that inexperienced experimenters yielded hypnotic suggestibility scores comparable to the respective scale's norms (Coe, 1976). It is occasionally anecdotally reported either that women or men are more effective hypnotists, although data indicate that hypnotic suggestibility is not related to a hypnotist's gender (Coe, 1976;Nash & Spinler, 1989).…”

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“…At least one study showed that inexperienced experimenters yielded hypnotic suggestibility scores comparable to the respective scale's norms (Coe, 1976). It is occasionally anecdotally reported either that women or men are more effective hypnotists, although data indicate that hypnotic suggestibility is not related to a hypnotist's gender (Coe, 1976;Nash & Spinler, 1989).…”

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Myths and misconceptions about hypnosis and suggestion: Separating fact and fiction

Lynn

Kirsch

Terhune

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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We present 21 prominent myths and misconceptions about hypnosis in order to promulgate accurate information and to highlight questions for future research. We argue that these myths and misconceptions have (a) fostered a skewed and stereotyped view of hypnosis among the lay public, (b) discouraged participant involvement in potentially helpful hypnotic interventions, and (c) impeded the exploration and application of hypnosis in scientific and practitioner communities. Myths reviewed span the view that hypnosis produces a trance or special state of consciousness and allied myths on topics related to hypnotic interventions; hypnotic responsiveness and the modification of hypnotic suggestibility; inducing hypnosis; and hypnosis and memory, awareness, and the experience of nonvolition. By demarcating myth from mystery and fact from fiction, and by highlighting what is known as well as what remains to be discovered, the science and practice of hypnosis can be advanced and grounded on a firmer empirical footing.

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Myths and misconceptions about hypnosis and suggestion: Separating fact and fiction

Lynn

Kirsch

Terhune

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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“…Kihlstrom (2008, p. 23) attributes this scarcity to methodological difficulties: "Simply to investigate the effect of the hypnotist's gender on hypnotizability would require that a fairly large, representative sample of men and women be trained as hypnotists and then turned loose on an even larger group of subjects (…) It's all a very daunting task." Maybe the small number of hypnotists was the reason why no differences were found in the Ss' hypnotizability initially as a function of the gender of the hypnotists (Coe, 1976;D'Eon, Pawlak, Mah, & Spanos, 1979). A later study, however, found that the experience of the hypnotist made a difference in the Ss' hypnotic response (for Caucasian hypnotists, but not for Afro-Americans) (Balaschak, Blocker, Rossiter, & Perin, 1972).…”

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Hypnotic susceptibility and mentalization skills in the context of parental behavior

Költő¹

2015

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“…In order to investigate this hypothesis the sex of the subject and the sex of the experimenter were varied in the present experiment in a 2x2 factorial design. Concerning the overall effect of the experimenter's sex the research suggests little effect (Weitzenhoffer & Weitzenhoffer, 1958; Coe, 1976).…”

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The British use of The Barber Suggestibility Scale: Norms, psychometric properties and the effects of the sex of the subject and of the experimenter

Fellows

1979

British J of Psychology

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The Barber Suggestibility Scale, as a measure of hypnotic susceptibility, was administered to 130 British undergraduate students by 13 student experimenters in a 2 x 2 factorial design withe sex of the subject and the sex of the experimenter as the two variables. The results showed no significant differences among the scores obtained by the 13 experimenters and no significant effect of either the subject's sex or the experimenter's sex though there was some tendency towards an interaction effect. The distribution of scores from the present sample was similar to the American norms reported by Barber (1965) except for slightly lower means on certain test-suggestions. The scale also showed satisfactory internal consistency and item-scale correlations. A principal components analysis revealed evidence for a general factor underlying the scale in addition to three special factors associated with direct motor, motor challenge and cognitive suggestions which confirms the work of Hilgard (1965) on the Stanford scales. The distinction between objective and subjective responses to suggestions is discussed and some improvements are recommended in the scale. It was concluded that the BSS appears to be a simple and reliable measure of hypnotic susceptibility and is suitable for British usage.

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Effects of hypnotist susceptibility and sex on the administration of standard hypnotic susceptibility scales

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Myths and misconceptions about hypnosis and suggestion: Separating fact and fiction

Myths and misconceptions about hypnosis and suggestion: Separating fact and fiction

Hypnotic susceptibility and mentalization skills in the context of parental behavior

The British use of The Barber Suggestibility Scale: Norms, psychometric properties and the effects of the sex of the subject and of the experimenter

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