Attributions, Involuntariness, and Hypnotic Rapport

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Subjects' attributions of their hypnotic responsiveness to the hypnotist's abilities and efforts were associated with reports of suggestion-related involuntariness. In addition, rapport with the hypnotist was found to correlate with experienced involuntariness. As predicted, high-susceptible subjects expressed greater positive rapport and liking for the hypnotist and experienced greater involuntariness than their low-susceptible counterparts; they also attributed more of their responsiveness to the hypnotist's ability and efforts. Medium susceptibles were distinguishable from both highs and lows on all measures except liking for the hypnotist, in which case they were similar to the highs. Subjects viewed ability and effort as independent sources of hypnotic responsiveness.

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