title: What motivates professionals to learn and use hypnosis in clinical practice?
abstract: The authors devised and validated a questionnaire assessing the various possible motivations for learning and using hypnosis and administered it to 125 Israeli psychologists, physicians, and dentists who study and/or use hypnosis in their clinical work. The results suggest that most professionals were motivated by a desire to improve their professional performance and that a majority of professionals were primarily influenced in their desire to learn hypnosis by colleagues in academically or clinically oriented settings.
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Israel. hypnoclinic10@gmail.com
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyerson
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelkopf
authors.forename: Gaby
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Golan
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shahamorov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006992:Hypnosis, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011584:Psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult