Hypnotic tape intervention ameliorates stress: a randomized, control study.
Cardeña, Etzel LU
; Svensson, Charlotte
and Hejdström, Fredrik
(2013)
In International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
61(2).
p.125-145
- Abstract
- Abstract This study (N = 35) used a randomized control design, and participants were collected from a variety of groups. After evaluating their degree of stress and burnout, coping styles, general well-being, and hypnotizability, participants were matched by stress level and randomly assigned to an intervention or wait-list group. The intervention comprised an audio recording of a hypnotic induction accompanied by suggestions for progressive relaxation, imagery, and anchoring to be used for 2 weeks. The results show that, as compared with baseline and wait-list conditions, the hypnotic intervention had a medium-to-large beneficial effect on participants' experience of stress, burnout, and well-being. Some participants also decreased their... (More)
- Abstract This study (N = 35) used a randomized control design, and participants were collected from a variety of groups. After evaluating their degree of stress and burnout, coping styles, general well-being, and hypnotizability, participants were matched by stress level and randomly assigned to an intervention or wait-list group. The intervention comprised an audio recording of a hypnotic induction accompanied by suggestions for progressive relaxation, imagery, and anchoring to be used for 2 weeks. The results show that, as compared with baseline and wait-list conditions, the hypnotic intervention had a medium-to-large beneficial effect on participants' experience of stress, burnout, and well-being. Some participants also decreased their use of the coping strategy escape-avoidance postintervention. Hypnotizability correlated significantly or marginally with some outcomes of the intervention, but only for 1 group. (Less)
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- Cardeña, Etzel
LU
; Svensson, Charlotte
and Hejdström, Fredrik
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- 2013
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- International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
- volume
- 61
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 125 - 145
- publisher
- Routledge
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- wos:000327790300001
- pmid:23427838
- scopus:84874454366
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- 1744-5183
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- 10.1080/00207144.2013.753820
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- English
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