title: Hypnotic tape intervention ameliorates stress: a randomized, control study.
abstract: This study (N = 35) used a randomized control design, and participants were collected from a variety of groups. After evaluating their degree of stress and burnout, coping styles, general well-being, and hypnotizability, participants were matched by stress level and randomly assigned to an intervention or wait-list group. The intervention comprised an audio recording of a hypnotic induction accompanied by suggestions for progressive relaxation, imagery, and anchoring to be used for 2 weeks. The results show that, as compared with baseline and wait-list conditions, the hypnotic intervention had a medium-to-large beneficial effect on participants' experience of stress, burnout, and well-being. Some participants also decreased their use of the coping strategy escape-avoidance postintervention. Hypnotizability correlated significantly or marginally with some outcomes of the intervention, but only for 1 group.
authors: Department of Psychology, Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213 SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden. Etzel.Cardena@psychology.lu.se
authors: Etzel
authors: E
authors: Cardeña
authors: Charlotte
authors: C
authors: Svensson
authors: Fredrik
authors: F
authors: Hejdström
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013404:Suggestion; D013637:Tape Recording; D055815:Young Adult