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Hypnotizability and weight loss in obese subjects
Author(s) -
Barabasz Marianne,
Spiegel David
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198905)8:3<335::aid-eat2260080309>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - hypnotic susceptibility , hypnosis , weight loss , psychology , attrition , weight control , weight management , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , obesity , medicine , psychiatry , alternative medicine , dentistry , pathology
This study tested the effects of hypnosis for weight control. Hypnotizability was assessed by the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C). Forty‐five subjects completed the study with examiners who were blind with respect to hypnotizability scores. Subjects exposed to a simple self‐management technique and to the Spiegel and Spiegel (1978) hypnosis intervention, modified to include specific food aversion, lost significantly more weight at a 3‐month follow‐up than subjects exposed only to the self‐management treatment. The specificity of hypnosis in the program was supported by a significant correlation between weight loss and SHSS:C scores for the same group. Subject attrition was about equal across all treatment groups, suggesting all treatments were perceived as active.