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Giuliana Mazzoni

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Factorial analysis and psychometric properties of the revised Valencia scale of attitudes and beliefs towards hypnosis-client version

2007

Psychometric properties and factorial structure of the Revised Valencia Scale of Attitudes and Beliefs toward Hypnosis – Client Version using a Portuguese sample are presented. Exploratory factor analysis on a Portuguese population of undergraduate college students (N = 444) yielded 8 factors: ‘Interest/Liking’, ‘Memory/Magic’, ‘Help’, ‘Control’, ‘Cooperation’, ‘Marginal’, ‘Fear’ and ‘Automaton’. The overall 8-factor structure is similar to the one found in the therapist version of the scale, and as in the therapist version, each factor of the client version showed good internal consistency and reliability. Differences among participants that had and had not experienced hypnosis previously …

Complementary and Manual TherapyExploratory factor analysisHypnosisBeliefsContext (language use)Assessmentlanguage.human_languageExploratory factor analysisScaleClinical PsychologyAttitudesScale (social sciences)Internal consistencylanguageAssessment; Attitudes; Beliefs; Exploratory factor analysis; Hypnosis; Scale; Complementary and Manual Therapy; Clinical PsychologyPortuguese populationPortugueseFactorial analysisPsychologySocial psychologyHypnosisClinical psychologyContemporary Hypnosis
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