title: Ericksonian hypnosis in chronic care support groups: a Rogerian exploration of power and self-defined health-promoting goals.
abstract: This Rogerian study examined how traditional and Ericksonian hypnotherapeutic support groups facilitated self-defined health-promoting goals and power as knowing participation in change for 49 participants with chronic physical illness. The participants were randomly assigned to either a traditional support group or an Ericksonian hypnotherapeutic support group. Measurements of power and self-defined health-promoting goals were obtained seven times over a 10-week period. The results indicated that both the traditional support groups and the Ericksonian hypnotherapeutic support groups experienced significantly enhanced power and progressed significantly toward their health-promoting goals. Correlations for the self-defined health-promoting goals and power progressively and significantly increased through time. This study supports Barrett's claim that power relates to health.
authors.affiliation: The College of New Rochelle, School of Nursing, New Rochelle, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Dorothy M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Larkin
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012657:Self-Help Groups