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Test-Retest Reliability of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C and the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale

Kekecs, Zoltan LU orcid ; Roberts, Lynae ; Na, Hyeji ; Yek, Ming Hwei ; Slonena, Elizabeth E ; Racelis, Ezrhiel ; Voor, Tamara A ; Johansson, Robert ; Rizzo, Pietro and Csikos, Endre , et al. (2021) In International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 69(1). p.142-161
Abstract

This project aimed to assess the consistency of hypnotizability over repeated assessments when measured by the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C), and the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale (EHS) and to contrast score distribution and pleasantness of these scales. University students were administered either the SHSS:C or the EHS twice with a one-week delay by separate experimenters. Test-retest reliability of the EHS and the SHSS:C was rs =.82 (.71-.92) and rs =.66, 95% (.47-.86), respectively (Spearman's correlation). Hypnotizability was comparable at test and retest in the EHS group, SHSS:C scores decreased by the retest. We found that the SHSS:C produced higher scores than the EHS, and the pleasantness of the 2 scales... (More)

This project aimed to assess the consistency of hypnotizability over repeated assessments when measured by the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C), and the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale (EHS) and to contrast score distribution and pleasantness of these scales. University students were administered either the SHSS:C or the EHS twice with a one-week delay by separate experimenters. Test-retest reliability of the EHS and the SHSS:C was rs =.82 (.71-.92) and rs =.66, 95% (.47-.86), respectively (Spearman's correlation). Hypnotizability was comparable at test and retest in the EHS group, SHSS:C scores decreased by the retest. We found that the SHSS:C produced higher scores than the EHS, and the pleasantness of the 2 scales was comparable. Overall, our results supported the reliability of the EHS, while SHSS:C scores were more inconsistent between the 2 assessments. More research is warranted.

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  author       = {{Kekecs, Zoltan and Roberts, Lynae and Na, Hyeji and Yek, Ming Hwei and Slonena, Elizabeth E and Racelis, Ezrhiel and Voor, Tamara A and Johansson, Robert and Rizzo, Pietro and Csikos, Endre and Vizkievicz, Vanda and Elkins, Gary}},
  issn         = {{1744-5183}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{142--161}},
  publisher    = {{Routledge}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis}},
  title        = {{Test-Retest Reliability of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C and the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2021.1834858}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/00207144.2021.1834858}},
  volume       = {{69}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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