title: Construct validity of the Dissociative Experiences Scale: II. Its relationship to hypnotizability.
abstract: Undergraduates (n = 311) who volunteered to participate in an experiment on "Hypnotizability and Personality" filled out several personality questionnaires (including the Dissociative Experiences Scale; DES), were administered the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS), and completed a self-rating of hypnotizability. The DES overall score correlated significantly with the HGSHS summary score (r(309) = .12, p < .05, two-tailed) and with subject's self-rating of hypnotizability (r(309) = .13, p < .05, two-tailed). The magnitude of these correlations was similar to that observed in a previous study (.14 & .18) and is also similar in magnitude to the correlations typically observed between the HGSHS and the Tellegen Absorption Scale. The potential clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie, IL 60076.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Frischholz
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sachs
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shaeffer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Westergaard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pasquotto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics