The hypnotic dreams of healthy children and children with cancer: a quantitative and qualitative analysis.
In this study, the Stanford Hypnotic Clinical Scale for Children was administered to 52 healthy children and 47 children and adolescents with cancer. Responses to the dream item of this scale were analyzed for the type and detail of imagery. The hypnotizability scores of both groups were similar. However, children with cancer reported more pleasant than unpleasant fantasy in their hypnotic dreams, and their dream reports tended to contain less fantasy and detail overall. Rescoring the dream item based on extent of fantasy and detail resulted in a lower pass rate for that item, especially for children with cancer. Regardless of health status, older children experienced more self-involvement in their hypnotic dreams compared to younger children.
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Division of Family and Community Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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D002648:Child; D004325:Dreams; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*