No link between hypnotizability and the Self-Monitoring Scale.
Socio-cognitive theorists have often claimed that hypnotizability is in part a function of social role-playing. We thus expected to find an association between a measure of hypnotizability (SHSS:C) and the Self-Monitoring Scale-Revised, a purported measure of sensitivity to social cues. The data failed to reveal any significant correlations, and therefore cannot be said to provide any support for the socio-cognitive position. Nevertheless, as hypothesized, we found that the hypnotist tended to consider subjects who were high but not low on the Other-Directedness subscale to be more deeply hypnotized than the subjects themselves felt.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Pesach Lichtenberg, Hadassah Medical School, Israel.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012925:Social Conformity; D012938:Social Perception; D013404:Suggestion