The domain of hypnosis: a multifactorial model.
A conceptual framework is presented to help the reader understand some controversies in the hypnosis literature and a means of understanding some important differences and disagreements in the field. It is this author's view that hypnotic behavior can be understood as a complex mix of four conceptual (and empirical) independent dimensions: expectations, akin to the placebo response in clinical technique; suggestion; a cognitive component including relaxation, imagery in all modalities, and trance logic; dissociation, which is seen as the key component of deep hypnosis, and which may involve individual differences in the flexible control of experience.
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D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D004213:Dissociative Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D007206:Individuality; D008128:Logic; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015990:Placebo Effect; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012063:Relaxation; D013404:Suggestion