MAY 2006, VOLUME 34, NUMBER 1, Abstract 19
Measuring Hypnotisability: Fact or Fiction?
Kathleen A. Moore, Deakin University, Melbourne
Hypnosis is an important therapeutic modality, yet in both clinical and research areas the assessment of levels of hypnotisability have been derived from outcomes rather than from predictors. It was the aim in this study to develop a pencil-and-paper test of the predictors of hypnotisability based upon known correlates. One hundred and twenty-one people completed the QMI, the Gordon scale of imagery control, the AIT (absorption, intellectance, and traditionalism), a modified version of the Creative Imagination Scale (CIS), and a series of questionnaires related to personality variables.The results provide support for the viability of visual imagery ability and control, absorption, and intellectance as predictors of hypnotisability. Support for this finding was strengthened by the convergence of these predictors on the CIS which was self-administered by respondents. Future studies will need to confirm these findings, especially in relation to scores obtained through hypnotic induction.