The impact of stage hypnosis on audience members and participants.
Before and after a stage-hypnosis performance, 67 audience members and 6 participants completed the Hypnotic Attitudes Questionnaire (HAQ), the Posthypnotic Experience Scale (PES), and several questions related to attitudes about performing in public. Audience members' beliefs about hypnosis (HAQ total and factor scores),experience ratings (PES factor scores: pleasantness, anger/irritability,anxiety), and responses to the performance-related questions changed in a positive direction after the performance. The participants in the show reported no significant pre- to postperformance changes. How-ever, there were indications that the on stage participants exhibited generally favorable attitudes toward hypnosis and performing before they engaged in the actual performance.
MacKillop
James
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State University of New York at Binghamton, 13902, USA.
Jay Lynn
Steven
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Meyer
Eric
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012931:Social Environment; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013404:Suggestion