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Attitudes Toward Hypnosis Based on Source of Information and Experience With Hypnosis.

José Antonio Molina-peralJesús Modesto Suárez RodríguezM. Elena MendozaAntonio Capafons

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AdultMaleHypnosisHealth Knowledge Attitudes PracticePsychotherapistScale (ratio)PortugalUniversities05 social sciencesPsychological intervention050109 social psychologyGeneral MedicineIatrogenic effects03 medical and health sciencesYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineComplementary and alternative medicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesFemalePsychologyStudents030217 neurology & neurosurgeryHypnosis

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Attitudes and beliefs toward hypnosis are relevant in promoting hypnotic responses, in predicting the efficacy of interventions that include hypnosis, and in reducing iatrogenic effects in hypnotized individuals. The goal of the present study is to test the impact of previous knowledge about hypnosis and past experiences being hypnotized on attitudes and beliefs about hypnosis. A sample of 1,977 Portuguese students participated in the study; they responded to the Valencia Scale of Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Hypnosis-Client Version (VSABH-C) on two different occasions (test-retest method). Significant differences were found (

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-02The American journal of clinical hypnosis
10.1080/00029157.2019.1584741https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31928518