Ego receptivity and hypnotizability--two pilot studies: a brief communication.
Ego receptivity has been described as important for the psychotherapy process and as a characteristic of hypnosis (Deikman, 1974: Dosamantes-Alperson, 1979; Fromm, 1979). Receptivity also has been associated with a measure of absorption (Tellegen, 1981). In the first pilot study with 6 dance/movement therapy students, higher observer ratings of receptivity were associated with greater hypnotizability (r = .79, df = 4, p less than .05, 2-tailed test). In the second pilot study, the correlation was replicated (r = .51, df = 12, p = .06, 2-tailed test) with 14 dance/movement therapy students. In the second pilot study, receptivity did not correlate with absorption. Receptivity and absorption, however, accounted for 54% of hypnotizability population variance in a step-wise multiple regression. Receptivity accounted for a unique part of the variance after the effects of absorption were removed. It was concluded that receptivity should be explored as a potential predictor of hypnotizability, and that a reliable scaled measure of receptivity should be developed.
Goodman
L S
LS
Dance/Movement Therapy Program, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.
Holroyd
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003614:Dance Therapy; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007092:Imagination; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*