title: The Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and related instruments: individual and group administrations.
abstract: The Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A), Tellegen's Absorption Scale (TAS); Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES); and Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI) were administered either individually or in groups. Eighty students from undergraduate Introduction to Psychology classes were randomly assigned to 1 of the 2 administration conditions with 40 students each. Although there was a general trend of differential item difficulty levels across the 2 administration conditions, a variety of results (descriptive characteristics, reliability, and validity) point to the similarity of behavioral and subjective responses to hypnosis in the 2 conditions. The TAS, DES, and PCI also produced similar results across both conditions of administration.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chandler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results