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A factor‐analytic examination of the relationship of personality variables to hypnotizability
Author(s) -
Schwartz Steven,
Burdsal Charles
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197704)33:2<356::aid-jclp2270330206>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - psychology , hypnotic susceptibility , personality , clinical psychology , hypnosis , regression analysis , social psychology , statistics , medicine , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology
This study was designed to determine whether a factor‐analytic approach, as opposed to a simple correlational approach, might identify more successfully the personality factors related to hypnotizability. The Clinical Analysis Questionnaire, the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and a marijuana usage questionnaire were administered anonymously to 119 S s. Two of nine rotated factors were found to be related to hypnotizability. The first factor was that of general intelligence. The second factor was composed of the variables of affectothymia, shrewdness, and psychasthenia. In addition, a regression equation was developed to predict hypnotizability from scores on the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire. Implications were discussed.