Correlates of hypnotizability in children: absorption, vividness of imagery, fantasy play, and social desirability.
This study examined correlates of hypnotizability in children that had previously been reported for adults. Forty-two children (ages 7-14) completed the Fantasy Questionnaire (FQ), the Children's Social Desirability Questionnaire (CSDQ), the Zelter and LeBaron (1984) revision of the Stanford Hypnotic Clinical Scale for Children (SHCS:C-R), and the Children's Fantasy Inventory: Absorption and Vividness Scales (CFI: A & V). The nine-item SHCS:C-R yields separate scores for Observed Behavior (OB), and Realness (R), as well as a Total Score (TS). Results indicated significant correlations between SHCS:C-R scores and those for CFI: A & V, and the FQ (r = .42-.53) but not for the CSDQ. On the SHCS:C-R, correlations between R (involuntariness) scores and the above measures were not appreciably different from those found for OB scores. Observations suggested that attitudes towards hypnosis may influence children's hypnotic responsiveness.
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University of Cincinnati, OH 45221.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010988:Play and Playthings; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012928:Social Desirability