Phenomenological experiences associated with hypnotic susceptibility.

Following the administration of a Hungarian translation of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C (SHSS:C), 104 Hungarian subjects completed the Hungarian translation of the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI). Subjects had also been administered the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A) about 1 week to 2 months before the SHSS:C. The pattern of correlations between hypnotizability (as measured by the HGSHS:A and the SHSS:C) and the 5 factors of the PCI was quite similar to that of previous work carried out using the English language versions on subjects in the United States. SHSS:C and HGSHS:A scores correlated significantly with the PCI factors of dissociated control, positive affect, and attention to internal processes factors. In addition, the SHSS:C score correlated significantly with the visual imagery factor, as found in previous work.

Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2001 Jan;49(1):19-29. Varga K, Józsa E, Bányai EI, Gösi-Greguss AC, Kumar VK. Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Experimental Psychology, Budapest 64, Pf. 4. Izabella utca 46., H-1378 Hungary/Europe. vakata@izabell.elte.hu