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Relations between hypnotizability and psychopathology revisited
Gruzelier, J., De Pascalis, V., Jamieson, G., Laidlaw, T., Naito, A., Bennett, B., & Dwivdei, P. (2004). Relations between hypnotizability and psychopathology revisited. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21(4), 169-175. The authors were inspired to examine relations between schizotypy and hypnotizability by seeing a first episode of schizophrenia that occurred within a week of being a participant in stage hypnosis. They found positive associations with 15 items consisting of positive aspects of schizotypy with the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility. This study re-examined this finding in two further samples. The more cognitively loaded Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C, was administered to female Italian psychology students in the first study. Then the HGSHS was given to British medical students in a stress reduction study. In the first replication study, 12 correlations were found, all with positive features of schizotypy, none associated with unreality experiences, and 6 items related to psychic experiences. In the second replication study, of 13 positive associations, 7 were negative items associated to the withdrawal syndrome, and 6 items were associated with social anxiety (a nonspecific feature of schizotypy). Across the series of studies, all but one item was interpreted by the authors as being consistent with associations between hypnotizability and positive schizotypy and social anxiety. The actual items that correlated are provided in appendices. Although the items varied from study to study, and that there were sampling and scale differences, the outcome merits larger studies to investigate further the relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and psychopathology.
Address for reprints: John Gruzelier, Ph.D., Division of Neuroscience & Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, St. Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP, United Kingdom. E-mail: j.gruzelier@imperial.ac.uk
Achieve Freedom from your Addiction to Gambling
I remember attending a conference several years ago at a casino in Reno, Nevada. As I was walking to a meeting it became necessary to go through the black jack tables and slot machines areas. My path led me past one of their many cashier facilities. Right where people would get in line to buy their chips there was a sign clearly warning people not to gamble if certain situations existed. These included raising money for medical expenses, to pay a mortgage, and others. During a conversation with a taxi driver he told me about the unusual...
What is smoking, why should I care, and how do I quit?
Smoking includes the inhalation of burning tobacco into your airways – to include your lungs. It is done as an addictive habit. Once a non-smoker gets past the initial awkwardness of the act of smoking, the social benefits and simultaneous calming and stimulus benefits lead to a frequent repetition. Unfortunately, this seemingly harmless act both stimulates the release of various pleasure-related chemicals in the brain and become a learned habit, which eventually becomes deeply ingrained in their brain.
The fact that the act...
Recently the topics of bullying in bullies have received considerable attention in the press. This is surprising as this phenomenon has been with us since the dawn of mankind and will continue to be with us until civilization evolves sufficiently. Despite its popularity as a topic for discussion, I am frustrated as the speakers and writers rarely adequately define it. However, for the adverse effects of bullying to be adequately treated, it is imperative that it be looked at in its basic form.
Bullying is a form of instinctual dominance play. It can be seen in any form of pack...
