title: Sexual criminality and hypnotizability.
abstract: Thirty-three sexual offenders, 18 of whom had been convicted of rape, nine of pedophilia, and six of incest, were studied. Two thirds of the subjects had histories of "spontaneous self-hypnotic" experiences (dissociations); seven of these were DSM-III multiples and six were probable multiples. This group had very high hypnotizability scores. The other one third without histories of "spontaneous self-hypnosis" had normal scores. It was concluded that spontaneous self-hypnosis contributed to the perpetration of the crimes in many of these cases, although other factors also directed the antisocial behaviors.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007179:Incest; D008297:Male; D010378:Pedophilia / Q000523:psychology; D011902:Rape; D012742:Sex Offenses