title: Group Hypnotizability Of Inpatient Adolescents.
abstract: This study investigated group hypnotizability in 167 adolescents (ages 13-17) in an inpatient behavioral healthcare setting through use of the Waterloo-Stanford Group Scale, Form C. It also investigated the influence of hypnotic inductions on group hypnotizability. Adolescents were randomly assigned to either a group session of hypnosis (n = 84) with a hypnotic induction or a comparison "no-induction" group (n = 83) that received identical suggestions without a hypnotic induction. Adolescents' imaginative absorption and dissociation were measured to examine their influence on hypnotizability. A between-group comparison showed the induction condition had a significantly higher score than the no-induction group on both behavioral and subjective measures of hypnotizability.
authors.affiliation: a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quant
authors.affiliation: b Loras College , Dubuque , Iowa , USA.
authors.forename: Steffanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schilder
authors.affiliation: a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Marty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sapp
authors.affiliation: a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baskin
authors.affiliation: a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Leah Rouse
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Arndt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D012737:Sex Factors