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The effect of translation and sex on hypnotizability testing

Cardeña, Etzel LU orcid ; Kallio, Sakari ; Terhune, Devin LU ; Buratti, Sandra and Lööf, Angelica (2007) In Contemporary Hypnosis 24(4). p.154-160
Abstract
We compared hypnotizability between two samples from different Universities in Sweden. One test was administered in Swedish (University of Skövde) using a translated Swedish version of the HGSHS:A (Bergman, Trenter, & Kallio, 2003). At Lund University, the original English version of the HGSHS:A (Shor & Orne 1962) was used and participants also completed the Inventory Scale of Hypnotic Depth (ISHD; Field, 1965). The results suggest that administering the HGSHS:A in English to Swedish University students may only slightly reduce hypnotizability scores. Because the HGSHS:A was designed to be used for the initial screening of hypnotic suggestibility, for most practical purposes the original version seems a valid choice among... (More)
We compared hypnotizability between two samples from different Universities in Sweden. One test was administered in Swedish (University of Skövde) using a translated Swedish version of the HGSHS:A (Bergman, Trenter, & Kallio, 2003). At Lund University, the original English version of the HGSHS:A (Shor & Orne 1962) was used and participants also completed the Inventory Scale of Hypnotic Depth (ISHD; Field, 1965). The results suggest that administering the HGSHS:A in English to Swedish University students may only slightly reduce hypnotizability scores. Because the HGSHS:A was designed to be used for the initial screening of hypnotic suggestibility, for most practical purposes the original version seems a valid choice among non-English groups fluent in English. The data also support some recent findings about females exhibiting higher objective and subjective hypnotizability scores than male volunteers. (Less)
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hypnotizability, translation, gender effect
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Contemporary Hypnosis
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24
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154 - 160
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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0960-5290
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10.1002/ch.340
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  author       = {{Cardeña, Etzel and Kallio, Sakari and Terhune, Devin and Buratti, Sandra and Lööf, Angelica}},
  issn         = {{0960-5290}},
  keywords     = {{hypnotizability; translation; gender effect}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{154--160}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Contemporary Hypnosis}},
  title        = {{The effect of translation and sex on hypnotizability testing}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ch.340}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/ch.340}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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