title: Polish norms for the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A.
abstract: The Polish version of the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A; Shor & Orne, 1962) was administered to 1174 participants (968 women and 206 men). Polish data were compared with other norming studies. Point-biserial item-scale correlations ranged from r = .12 (posthypnotic suggestion item) to r = .49. The Kuder-Richardson correlation of .70 was within the range of the reference samples. Test-retest reliability coefficients were obtained from one group of participants tested twice in the same session (r = .69, p < .05), and another group 8 weeks apart (r = .58, p < .05). Females scored significantly higher than males.
authors.affiliation: Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. upsiuta@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siuta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult