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Research Article

TAIWANESE NORMS FOR THE HARVARD GROUP SCALE OF HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY, FORM A

Taiwanesische Normen für die Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A

Normes taïwanaises du questionnaire de susceptibilité hypnotique du Groupe de Harvard, formulaire

Normas Taiwanesas de la Escala Harvard de Susceptibilidad Hipnótica, Forma A

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Pages 136-156 | Received 25 Apr 2018, Published online: 02 Apr 2019
 

Abstract

Hypnotic susceptibility is a fundamental individual characteristic to consider in studies examining hypnosis. Although there is no existing normative data of group hypnotic susceptibility tests for the Mandarin-speaking Chinese population, the current study administered the Mandarin Chinese translation of the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A) to 242 subjects (137 females and 105 males). The results indicate that the normative properties—including the score distribution, item pass rates, and reliability—are comparable to 15 reference samples. In general, the Mandarin Chinese version of the HGSHS:A can be used as a viable and reliable instrument for prescreening subjects’ hypnotizability in the Mandarin Chinese-speaking population in Taiwan.

Mei-Jing Lin und Erik Chihhung Chang

Abstract : Hypnotische Empfänglichkeit ist ein fundamentales individuelles Merkmal, das in Studien zur Untersuchung von Hypnose in Betracht gezogen werden sollte. Obwohl es keine existierenden normativen Daten von Empfänglichkeitstests für Hypnose in Gruppen für die Mandarin-sprechende chinesische Bevölkerung gibt, kam die chinesische Mandarin-Übersetzung der Harvard Group Scale of Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A) bei 242 Probanden (137 weiblichen und 105 männlichen) in der aktuellen Studie zur Anwendung. Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, daß die Standardeigenschaften, die Verteilungsbreite, die Merkmalquoten und Reliabilität eingeschlossen, mit 15 Referenzproben verglichen werden können. Generell kann die Mandarin-Chinesische Version des HGSHS:A als machbares und verlässliches Instrument verwendet werden, um Teilnehmer in Bezug auf die Hypnotisierbarkeit in der Mandarin-Chinesisch-sprechenden Bevölkerung von Taiwan vorzuscreenen.

Stephanie Riegel, M.D.

Résumé: La susceptibilité hypnotique est une caractéristique individuelle fondamentale à prendre en compte dans les études portant sur l’hypnose. Bien qu’il n’existe pas de données normatives portant sur les tests de susceptibilité hypnotique de groupe pour la population chinoise de langue mandarine, les auteurs de cette étude ont administré la traduction en chinois mandarin du questionnaire de susceptibilité hypnotique du Groupe de Harvard, formulaire A (HGSHS:A) à 242 sujets (137 femmes et 105 hommes). Les résultats indiquent que les propriétés normatives, y compris la distribution des scores, les taux de réussite des items et la fiabilité des résultats, sont comparables à ceux de 15 échantillons de référence. De façon générale, la version en chinois mandarin du formulaire HGSHS:A peut être utilisée comme instrument viable et fiable de susceptibilité hypnotique dans la population chinoise de langue mandarine à Taïwan.

Johanne Raynault

C. Tr. (STIBC)

Mei-Jing Lin y Erik Chihhung Chang

Resumen: La susceptibilidad hipnótica es una característica individual fundamental que debe considerarse en estudios que evalúan la hipnosis. Aunque no existen datos normativos de pruebas grupales de susceptibilidad hipnótica para la población China que habla Mandarín, el presente estudio administró la traducción al Mandarín de la Escala Harvard de Susceptibilidad Hipnótica, Forma A (HGSHS:A) a 242 sujetos (137 mujeres y 105 hombres). Los resultados muestran que las propiedades normativas, incluyendo la distribución de puntuaciones, proporción de reactivos aprobados y la fiabilidad son comparables a las 15 muestras de referencia. En general, la versión Mandarín de HGSHS:A puede ser usada como un instrumento viable y fiable para realizar un pre tamizaje de la hipnotizabilidad de sujetos en la población Taiwanesa que habla Chino-Mandarín.

Omar Sánchez-Armáss Cappello

Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Acknowledgments

We thank two research assistants, I-Chu Chen and Yen-Wen Chen, for their assistance in administering the HGSHS:A. We are also grateful to the Taiwan Mind and Brain Imaging Center (TMBIC) at the National Cheng Chi University, Taipei, for access of testing space.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. In French uncorrected samples, Anlló, Becchio, and Sackur (Citation2017) followed the scoring criterion as described in the original version (Shor & Orne, Citation1962) and the criterion of the amnesia in Kihlstrom and Register (Citation1984).

2. In French corrected samples, Anlló et al. (Citation2017) scored by based on Kihlstrom’s complementary Scale of Involuntariness (Kihlstrom, Citation2006).

3. The three-item expectancy measure consists of three questions that asked if subjects thought they would find hypnosis to be interesting, if they would be good subjects, and how many HGSHS:A suggestions they expected to respond to (Green & Lynn, Citation2010).

Additional information

Funding

This study was funded by a grant to the author EC from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST-103-2420-H-008-006-MY2).

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