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Validation and Cross-Validation of a Scale of Self-Reported Personal Experiences which Predicts Hypnotizability

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Pages 55-75 | Received 29 Aug 1961, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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Jeremy Brunel, Stéphanie Mathey, Sylvie Colombani & Sandrine Delord. (2023) Modulation of attentional bias by hypnotic suggestion: experimental evidence from an emotional Stroop task. Cognition and Emotion 37:3, pages 397-411.
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Paul F. Dell. (2019) Reconsidering the autohypnotic model of the dissociative disorders. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 20:1, pages 48-78.
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Paul F. Dell. (2017) Is high hypnotizability a necessary diathesis for pathological dissociation?. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 18:1, pages 58-87.
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GrahamF. Wagstaff. (2010) Hypnosis and the Relationship between Trance, Suggestion, Expectancy and Depth: Some Semantic and Conceptual Issues. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 53:1, pages 47-59.
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Perry London. (2009) Child Hypnosis and Personality. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 51:4, pages 383-390.
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GrahamF. Wagstaff, JonC. Cole & Joana Brunas-Wagstaff. (2008) Measuring Hypnotizability: The Case for Self-Report Depth Scales and Normative Data for the Long Stanford Scale . International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 56:2, pages 119-142.
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RobertA. Karlin, Austin Hill & Stanley Messer. (2007) Responding and Failing to Respond to Both Hypnosis and a Kinesthetic Illusion, Chevreul's Pendulum. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 56:1, pages 83-98.
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Irving Kirsch, LeonardS. Milling & Cheryl Burgess. (2000) Suggestion difficulty as a hypothesized moderator of the relation between absorption and suggestibility: A new spectral analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 48:1, pages 32-43.
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Theodore Xenophon Barber. (2000) A Deeper Understanding of Hypnosis: Its Secrets, Its Nature, Its Essence. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 42:3-4, pages 208-272.
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ClaudeG. Balthazard. (1993) The Hypnosis Scales at Their Centenary: Some Fundamental Issues Still Unresolved. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 41:1, pages 47-73.
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KennethS. Bowers. (1992) Imagination and Dissociation in Hypnotic Responding. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 40:4, pages 253-275.
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ClaudeG. Balthazard & ErikZ. Woody. (1992) The Spectral Analysis of Hypnotic Performance with Respect to “Absorption”. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 40:1, pages 21-43.
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Brian Lippincott. (1992) Owls and Larks in Hypnosis: Individual Differences in Hypnotic Susceptibility Relating to Biological Rhythms. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 34:3, pages 185-192.
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WilliamB. Freeman, Marc Kessler & Jeffery Vigne. (1990) Random Number Generation, Absorption, and Hypnotizability: A Brief Communication . International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 38:1, pages 10-16.
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Benjamin Wallace. (1989) Improving Cognitive Search Skills in Resistant Hypnotic Subjects. The Journal of General Psychology 116:4, pages 351-358.
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JohnF. Kihlstrom, PatriciaA. Register, IreneP. Hoyt, Jeanne Sumi Albright, EllenM. Grigorian, WilliamC. Heindel & CharlesR. Morrison. (1989) Dispositional Correlates of Hypnosis: A Phenomenological Approach. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 37:3, pages 249-263.
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DavidF. Marks, John McR Baird & Peter McKellar. (1989) Replication of Trance Logic Using a Modified Experimental Design: Highly Hypnotizable Subjects in Both Real and Simulator Groups. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 37:3, pages 232-248.
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JudithW. Rhue & Steven Jay Lynn. (1989) Fantasy proneness, hypnotizability, and absorption—a re-examination: A brief communication . International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 37:2, pages 100-106.
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ClaudeG. Balthazard & ErikZ. Woody. (1989) Bimodality, dimensionality, and the notion of hypnotic types. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 37:1, pages 70-89.
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Michael Snodgrass & Steven Jay Lynn. (1989) Music absorption and hypnotizability. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 37:1, pages 41-54.
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A. Jan Willem Van Der Does, Richard Van Dyck, Philip Spinhoven & Annemarie Kloosman. (1989) The effectiveness of standardized versus individualized hypnotic suggestions: A brief communication . International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 37:1, pages 1-5.
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Samuel Lebaron, LonnieK. Zeltzer & Debra Fanurik. (1988) Imaginative involvement and hypnotizability in childhood. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 36:4, pages 284-295.
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KevinJ. Aldrich & DouglasA. Bernstein. (1987) The Effect of Time of Day on Hypnotizability: A Brief Communication. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 35:3, pages 141-145.
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RichardP. Kluft. (1987) The Withheld Eye-Roll Sign. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 30:1, pages 9-19.
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Jean-Roch Laurence & Robert Nadon. (1986) Reports of Hypnotic Depth: Are they More than Mere Words?. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 34:3, pages 215-233.
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RonaldE. Shor, DonnaD. Pistole, RandolphD. Easton & JohnF. Kihlstrom. (1984) Relation of Predicted to Actual Hypnotic Responsiveness, with Special Reference to Posthypnotic Amnesia. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 32:4, pages 376-387.
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FredH. Frankel. (1982) Hypnosis and hypnotizability scales: A reply. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 30:4, pages 377-392.
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Danielle Baum & Steven Jay Lynn. (1981) Hypnotic susceptibility level and reading involvement. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 29:4, pages 366-374.
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KevinE. O'grady. (1980) The absorption scale: A factor-analytic assessment. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 28:3, pages 281-288.
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JohnF. Kihlstrom, WalterA. Diaz, GrantE. McClellan, PamelaM. Ruskin, DonnaD. Pistole & RonaldE. Shor. (1980) Personality Correlates of Hypnotic Susceptibility: Needs for Achievement and Autonomy, Self-monitoring, and Masculinity-Femininity. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 22:4, pages 225-230.
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JohnF. Kihlstrom & Mosheh Twersky. (1978) Relationship of Posthypnotic Amnesia to Waking Memory Performance. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 26:4, pages 292-306.
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Sally Davis, JosephG. Dawson & Bill Seay. (1978) Prediction of Hypnotic Susceptibility from Imaginative Involvement. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 20:3, pages 194-198.
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BrianJ. Fellows & Vivien Armstrong. (1977) An Experimental Investigation of the Relationship between Hynotic Susceptibility and Reading Involvement. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 20:2, pages 101-105.
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Michael Jay Diamond. (1977) Hypnotizability is modifiable: An alternative approach. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 25:3, pages 147-166.
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Campbell Perry. (1977) Is hypnotizability modifiable?. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 25:3, pages 125-146.
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LindaG. Buckner & WilliamC. Coe. (1977) Imaginative Skill, Suggestions and Wording of Hypnotic Susceptibility. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 25:1, pages 27-36.
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NicholasP. Spanos, JohnD. McPeake & Nancy Churchill. (1976) Relationships between Imaginative Ability Variables and the Barber Suggestibility Scale. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 19:1, pages 39-46.
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JamesC. Megas & WilliamC. Coe. (1975) Hypnosis as Role-enactment: The Effect of Positive Information about Hypnosis on Self-role Congruence. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 18:2, pages 132-137.
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Michael Jay Diamond & Ronald Taft. (1975) The role played by ego permissiveness and imagery in hypnotic responsivity. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 23:2, pages 130-138.
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NicholasP. Spanos & JohnD. McPeake. (1975) The Interaction of Attitudes toward Hypnosis and Involvement in Everyday Imaginative Activities on Hypnotic Suggestibility1 . American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 17:4, pages 247-252.
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ArleneH. Morgan, DavidL. Johnson & ErnestR. Hilgard. (1974) The stability of hypnotic susceptibility: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 22:3, pages 249-257.
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WilliamC. Coe, JoanL. Allen, WilliamM. Krug & AndreaG. Wurzmann. (1974) goal-directed fantasy in hypnotic responsiveness: Skill, item wording, or both?. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 22:2, pages 157-166.
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TheodoreX. Barber. (1969) An Empirically-Based Formulation of Hypnotism. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 12:2, pages 100-130.
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MelvinA. Gravitz. (1969) Hypnotic-Like Experiences in a Large General Population Related to Personality Inventory Responses. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 11:3, pages 171-174.
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Kenneth Bowers. (1968) Hypnosis and creativity: A preliminary investigation. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 16:1, pages 38-52.
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LewisB. Sachs & WarrenL. Anderson. (1967) Modification of hypnotic susceptibility. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 15:4, pages 172-180.
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MartinT. Orne & DonaldN. O'connell. (1967) Diagnostic ratings of hypnotizability. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 15:3, pages 125-133.
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MelvinA. Gravitz & Mary Forbes Kramer. (1967) A Study of Some Factors Associated with Hypnotic-Like Experience. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 10:1, pages 48-51.
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DonaldN. O'connell, MartinT. Orne & RonaldE. Shor. (1966) A. comparison of hypnotic susceptibility as assessed by diagnostic ratings and initial standardized test scores. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 14:4, pages 324-332.
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Donald Neil O'connell. (1966) Selective recall of hypnotic susceptibility items: Evidence for repression or enhancement?. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 14:2, pages 150-161.
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Perry London. (1966) Child Hypnosis and Personality. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 8:3, pages 161-168.
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HaroldS. Zamansky & RogerF. Brightbill. (1965) Attitude differences of volunteers and nonvolunteers and of susceptible and nonsusceptible hypnotic subjects. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 13:4, pages 279-290.
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J.P. Das. (1965) Relationship between body-sway, hand-levitation, and a questionnaire measure of hypnotic susceptibility. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 13:1, pages 26-33.
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WilliamC. Coe. (1964) Further norms on the harvard group scale of hypnotic susceptibility, form A. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 12:3, pages 184-190.
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Theodore Xenophon Barber & David Smith Calverley. (1964) Hypnotizability, Suggestibility, and Personality: III. A Study Using Teachers' Ratings of Children's Characteristics. The Journal of Psychology 57:2, pages 275-280.
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JanetP. Melei & ErnestR. Hilgard. (1964) Attitudes toward hypnosis, self-predictions, and hypnotic susceptibility. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 12:2, pages 99-108.
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GordonH. Deckert & LouisJ. West. (1963) The Problem of Hypnotizability: A Review. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 11:4, pages 205-235.
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Roger Brightbill & HaroldS. Zamansky. (1963) The Conceptual Space of Good and Poor Hypnotic Subjects: A Preliminary Exploration. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 11:2, pages 112-121.
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RoyM. Dorcus. (1963) Fallacies in Predictions of Susceptibility to Hypnosis Based upon Personality Characteristics. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 5:3, pages 163-170.
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Arvid ÅS & LillianW. Lauer. (1962) A factor-analytic study of hypnotizability and related personal experiences. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 10:3, pages 169-181.
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