Response Expectancy as a Mediator of Hypnotizability Modification: A Brief Communication
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
- Vol. 41 (2) , 84-91
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207149308414539
Abstract
The role of response expectancy in bringing about increases in hypnotic susceptibility by use of the Carleton Skill Training Program (CSTP) was assessed with 27 subjects selected for their low hypnotizability scores. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: 13 received the CSTP to increase their hypnotic susceptibility, and 14 received no training. In addition to assessing hypnotizability, hypnotic response expectancies were assessed before and after training. With pretreatment hypnotizability controlled, subjects in the training group scored significantly higher than control subjects on all self-report measures of hypnotizability but not on a measure of observed behavioral response. Changes in response expectancy were found to be highly correlated with changes in hypnotizability. With changes in expectancy controlled, no significant differences between the trained and control groups were found.Keywords
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