Hypnotic susceptibility and its relationship to outcome in the behavioral treatment of asthma: some preliminary data.
12 subjects from an experiment on relaxation therapy for asthma were given the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A. Full scale hypnotic susceptibility scores were positively correlated, at a borderline significance, with improvement in the methacholine challenge test, a measure of asthma severity. Performance on the amnesia item of the Harvard Group Scale was correlated with improvement in self-reported symptoms of asthma.
Murphy
A I
AI
Lehrer
P M
PM
Karlin
R
R
Swartzman
L
L
Hochron
S
S
McCann
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D008875:Middle Aged
D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D016210:Methacholine Chloride