Differential patterns of spontaneous experiential response to a hypnotic induction: A latent profile analysis.
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Summary, in English
A hypnotic induction produces different patterns of spontaneous experiences across individuals. The magnitude and characteristics of these responses covary moderately with hypnotic suggestibility, but also differ within levels of hypnotic suggestibility. This study sought to identify discrete phenomenological profiles in response to a hypnotic induction and assess whether experiential variability among highly suggestible individuals matches the phenomenological profiles predicted by dissociative typological models of high hypnotic suggestibility. Phenomenological state scores indexed in reference to a resting epoch during hypnosis were submitted to a latent profile analysis. The profiles in the derived four-class solution differed in multiple experiential dimensions and hypnotic suggestibility. Highly suggestible individuals were distributed across two classes that exhibited response patterns suggesting an inward attention subtype and a dissociative subtype. These results provide support for dissociative typological models of high hypnotic suggestibility and indicate that highly suggestible individuals do not display a uniform response to a hypnotic induction.
Department/s
Publishing year
2010
Language
English
Pages
1140-1150
Publication/Series
Consciousness and Cognition
Volume
19
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Psychology
Status
Published
Research group
- CERCAP (Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology)
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1090-2376