Construct Validity of the Dissociative Experiences Scale: II. Its Relationship to Hypnotizability.
Undergraduates (n = 311) who volunteered to participate in an experiment on "Hypnotizability and Personality" filled out several personality questionnaires (including the Dissociative Experiences Scale; DES), were administered the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS), and completed a self-rating of hypnotizability. The DES overall score correlated significantly with the HGSHS summary score (r(309) = .12, p < .05, two-tailed) and with subject's self-rating of hypnotizability (r(309) = .13, p < .05, two-tailed). The magnitude of these correlations was similar to that observed in a previous study (.14 & .18) and is also similar in magnitude to the correlations typically observed between the HGSHS and the Tellegen Absorption Scale. The potential clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
a Rush North Shore Medical Center.
Edward J
EJ
Frischholz
Bennett G
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Braun
Roberta G
RG
Sachs
David R
DR
Schwartz
Jennifer
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Lewis
Denise
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Shaeffer
Cindy
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Westergaard
Jim
J
Pasquotto
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055815:Young Adult