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Article: Direct and indirect scales of hypnotic susceptibility: Resistance to therapy and psychometric comparability
- Article from:
- American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Robin, B., Kumar V.K., & Pekala, R. (2005). Direct and indirect scales of hypnotic susceptibility: Resistance to therapy and psychometric comparability. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 53 (2), 135-147. In this experiment the authors examined the effect of indirect versus direct hypnotic suggestions with 271 participants who were randomly assigned to receive either direct suggestions via the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility: Form A (HGSHS:A) or indirect suggestions via an alternate indirect measure, the Alman-Wexler Indirect Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (AWIHSS). The participants completed the Inventory of Childhood Memories and Imaginings ...