{"title":"Hypnotizability Norms may not be Representative of the General Population: Potential Sample and Self-Selection Bias Considerations.","authors":"Burkhard Peter, R Lynae Roberts","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2021.2003694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2021.2003694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The analysis of the methods sections of 66 normalization tests of hypnotizability scales reveals that out of 33,338 subjects, 58.57% were college and university students, and the majority of these were students of psychology. Of all subjects, 7.45% were younger school children, 27.63% were patients treated with hypnosis, and out of these, 85.26% were patients of 1 single therapist. Only 0.51% were trainees of dental or nursing schools, 0.13% were prisoners, and 5.71% were other adults. These figures suggest a sample-selection bias. As 83.08% of these subjects were told beforehand that they were to undergo a hypnosis study, a self-selection bias is also implied in the data. It can be presumed that those interested in hypnosis participated, whereas others who had no interest in hypnosis may have refrained. It is concluded that some of the published norms of hypnotizability tests may not be adequately representative of the general population. Many hypnosis studies, whether clinical or experimental, which are based on hypnotizability, may be afflicted by these biases.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39690885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Hypnosis in Health Care and Treatment.","authors":"Gary Elkins","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2011112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2011112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This issue of the <i>International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis</i> (IJCEH) further expands our understanding of hypnosis and use in health care. Results from a randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of a hypnosis intervention to reduce pain and improve quality of life in patients undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer provides encouraging support for the integration of hypnosis in health care. Additionally, research on the feasibility of a brief hypnosis intervention delivered via audio recording for stress reduction and effect on hypertension is presented. However, more needs to be done to educate health care providers, including nurses, on the benefits of clinical hypnosis in patient care. Hypnotizability and scales that may be associated with response to hypnosis interventions are also an important area of research. Additional articles examine the Thought Impact Scale; dispositional self-consciousness; and hypnotizability. Taken together these articles provide important findings on clinical hypnosis research.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39690886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Etzel Cardeña, Lena Lindström, Ann Åström, Philip G Zimbardo
{"title":"Dispositional Self-Consciousness and Hypnotizability.","authors":"Etzel Cardeña, Lena Lindström, Ann Åström, Philip G Zimbardo","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2003695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2003695","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The abeyance of self-consciousness (SC) during hypnosis has been discussed as a central aspect of hypnosis, yet dispositional SC has been very rarely evaluated as a correlate of hypnotizability. In this study (<i>N</i> = 328), the authors administered the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS), the Inventory Scale of Hypnotic Depth (ISHD), and the Self-Consciousness Scale-Revised (SCS-R). Women tended to score higher than men on the HGSHS, besides experiencing greater ISHD automaticity. The Discontinuity (with everyday experiences) subscale of the ISHD correlated with the Public Self-Consciousness scale of the SCS-R and with the Private Self-Consciousness subscale (using simple, quadratic, and cubic regressions). Being concerned about the perception of others related to experiencing hypnosis as discontinuous with everyday life, which also related to being more introspective and interested in subjectivity at the middle range of scores. The article concludes with suggestions on how to pursue the implications of these results, including testing for nonlinear relations.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39645465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of Thought Impact Scale Scores with Hypnosis Treatment Responses and Hypnotherapy-Seeking: A Confirmation Study.","authors":"Olafur S Palsson, Sarah Ballou, Marcia E Walker","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2003696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2003696","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research has indicated that high Thought Impact Scale (TIS) scores are associated with greater therapeutic response to hypnosis treatment and greater tendency to seek such treatment. This study aimed to confirm those findings in a new population-based subject sample and also evaluate hypothesized associations of TIS scores with several hypnotic phenomena. An internet survey of 1,500 U.S. adults identified 80 individuals who had undergone hypnosis treatment. As previously found, high TIS scorers were much more likely than low scorers (median-split) to have undergone hypnosis treatment (7.2% vs. 3.2%, <i>p</i> < .0001), but, in contrast with prior findings, high TIS scorers did not report a significantly higher rate of moderate or greater improvement from hypnosis treatment (58.6% vs. 40.9%, <i>p</i> = .12). TIS scores were positively correlated with greater imagery vividness, sense of automaticity, and altered body perception during hypnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39696865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Diana Moreno Hernández, Arnoldo Téllez, Teresa Sánchez-Jáuregui, Cirilo H García, Manuel García-Solís, Arturo Valdez
{"title":"Clinical Hypnosis For Pain Reduction In Breast Cancer Mastectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Diana Moreno Hernández, Arnoldo Téllez, Teresa Sánchez-Jáuregui, Cirilo H García, Manuel García-Solís, Arturo Valdez","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2003697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2003697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surgical procedures for breast cancer treatment are commonly followed by pain. Clinical hypnosis has been shown to be effective in reducing pain during and after surgery, but most of the studies have used analogical scales, which only measure pain intensity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of clinical hypnosis on pain intensity and its interference in daily activities in patients before and after mastectomy. The patients were evaluated using the Brief Pain Inventory. Forty patients were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group and evaluated 5 times: 1) baseline, 2) after clinical hypnosis session, 3) before surgery, 4) 1 day after surgery, and 5) 1 week after the surgery (follow-up). The results showed that after surgery the hypnosis group had a statistically significant reduction in pain intensity, less interference of pain with daily activities, sleep and life enjoyment compared with a control group. Clinical hypnosis may be recommended as a complementary treatment procedure for postmastectomy pain reduction and improving the quality of life of these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39742503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 72nd Annual Conference","authors":"Joshua R Rhodes","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2021.2004791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2021.2004791","url":null,"abstract":"s from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 72nd Annual Conference Virtual conference which took place October 13–17, 2021 Paper Abstracts and Session Descriptions Overall Meeting Co-Chairs: Ciara Christensen, PhD and David Reid, PsyD Scientific Program Co-Chairs: Barbara S. McCann, PhD and Vivek Datta, MD, MPH Presidential Symposium Using Hypnosis for Stress and Burnout Faculty: Janna A. Henning, JD, PsyD, FT; Nicole Ruysschaert, MD; and Holly Forester-Miller, PhD, LCMHC, NCC On top of an already stress-laden life, the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a substantial amount of stress, concern, and exposure to trauma risk factors. Healthcare professionals are particularly prone to high stress environments and, thus, are at an even greater risk for burnout. While lay recommendations for self-care are limited, hypnosisbased interventions open an alternative path to managing stress and minimizing the risk and impact of burnout. The speakers of the SCEH 2021 Presidential Symposium will discuss different approaches to using hypnosis for stress management, burnout reduction, and addressing related and relevant symptoms. This symposium includes the following three presentations: ● Hypnotic Interventions to Support Helping Professionals and their Patients in Challenging Times (Janna A. Henning, JD, PsyD, FT) ● Stress and Burnout in Clinical Work and Professional Development: (Self) Hypnosis to Decrease Risks of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue (Nicole Ruysschaert, MD) ● Using Hypnosis to Be Your Best Clinical Self (Holly Forester-Miller, PhD, LCMHC, NCC)","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49016037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of a Brief Mindful Hypnosis Intervention on Stress Reactivity: A Randomized Active Control Study.","authors":"Elizabeth E Slonena, Gary R Elkins","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2021.1952845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2021.1952845","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel, audio-based brief mindful hypnosis (BMH) intervention for reducing stress-reactivity during the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was investigated. Fifty-five college-aged participants with elevated stress were randomized to BMH or a cognitive training (CT) active-control condition. Participants received a BMH or CT session and downloaded the audio-recorded intervention for daily home practice. Approximately 1 week later, participants received their second BMH or CT session and then completed the TSST. Results indicated BMH produced significant and medium effects in reducing stress reactivity and weekly stress and increasing mindfulness, with large increases in immediate relaxation compared to the CT active control. BMH demonstrated excellent adherence and was rated highly regarding satisfaction, ease of practice, perceived benefit, and likelihood of future use. This study provides the first empirical support that BMH is superior to an active-control intervention for reducing stress reactivity while significantly increasing mindfulness and relaxation.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00207144.2021.1952845","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39268355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michele E Gloede, Marty Sapp, William Van Susteren
{"title":"Hypnosis and Mindfulness Meditation: The Power of Suggestibility.","authors":"Michele E Gloede, Marty Sapp, William Van Susteren","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2021.1908830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2021.1908830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent studies have suggested that mindfulness meditation and hypnosis are similar, but there is a lack of empirical data to support this claim. In this current study, college students were randomly assigned to a hypnosis or mindfulness meditation condition, and they were tested on the Waterloo Stanford Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form C. Results from this study suggest that, while under hypnotic induction and after engaging in mindfulness meditation, participants experienced similar results on the WSGC. That is, participants experienced the same bodily feelings and reactions regarding a standardized hypnotic suggestibility test.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00207144.2021.1908830","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38894426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Rosati, Iacopo Belcari, Enrica L Santarcangelo, Laura Sebastiani
{"title":"Interoceptive Accuracy as a Function of Hypnotizability.","authors":"Anna Rosati, Iacopo Belcari, Enrica L Santarcangelo, Laura Sebastiani","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2021.1954859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2021.1954859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to measure the interoceptive accuracy (IA) of individuals with high <i>(highs</i>), medium <i>(mediums)</i>, and low hypnotizability <i>(lows)</i> through the heartbeat-counting task during 3 relaxation trials. Participants completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA), ECG and skin conductance (SC) were monitored, and the experienced difficulty in counting was reported. Results showed similar counting difficulty and number of actual heartbeats in highs, mediums, and lows. SC decreased in highs during all trials, in mediums and lows only in the third trial. IA measured as [1 - (ǀrecorded heartbeats-counted heartbeatsǀ)/recorded heartbeats] was negatively correlated with hypnotizability and not correlated with interoceptive sensitivity (IS) measured by MAIA scales. Among mediums, IA was higher in males than in females.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00207144.2021.1954859","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39225730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frédérique Retornaz, Michel Grino, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Laurent Chiche, Chloé Stavris, Myriam Bennani, Marie Elisabeth Faymonville, Anouk Alitta
{"title":"Hypnotherapy in Treatment of Mastocytosis: A Prospective Study.","authors":"Frédérique Retornaz, Michel Grino, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Laurent Chiche, Chloé Stavris, Myriam Bennani, Marie Elisabeth Faymonville, Anouk Alitta","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2021.1965484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2021.1965484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mastocytosis is an orphan disease associated with many systemic symptoms, chronic handicap, and potentially marked social consequences despite improved therapies. In this study, the authors aimed to measure the effect of 2 hypnosis sessions on mastocytosis symptoms in a clinical setting. Questionnaires (pain, flushes, energy, digestive symptoms, quality of life, perceived symptom severity, and global impression of change) were completed pre- and posthypnosis intervention. Data from 20 patients were analyzed (mean age: 53.3 years, 75% female). Compared to baseline assessment, patients exhibited a significant improvement immediately after the first and second hypnosis sessions with regard to the number of days with abdominal pain, abdominal pain intensity and fatigue (<i>p</i> = .03 and <i>p</i> = .005; <i>p</i> = .05 and <i>p</i> = .02; <i>p</i> = .034, and <i>p</i> = .039, respectively). Perceived severity of symptoms was significantly improved throughout the study (<i>p</i> = .0075). Long-term improvement in global impression of change was observed in half the responders (8/16). Patients with mastocytosis had an improvement in disabling symptoms with the impact of hypnotic intervention persisting at 1 month. Several patients experienced long-term improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39395090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}