Therapeutic Use of the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale: A Feasibility Study.

Ming Hwei Yek, Gary R Elkins
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Abstract

Hypnotizability assessment can inform hypnotic interventions, and studies on brief hypnotic inductions suggest that it may also confer therapeutic benefits. However, hypnotizability is rarely assessed in clinical practice due to limitations of current measures. The Elkins Hypnotizability Scale (EHS) improved upon such limitations and has been shown to be a very reliable and valid hypnotizability measure. This is the first study to examine the feasibility of the EHS as a therapeutic measure. Fifty-five participants were administered the EHS and randomized to two weeks of self-hypnosis with or without a recording. Results indicated that relaxation increased immediately after EHS administration, and relaxation and psychological distress improved after two weeks of self-hypnosis with the EHS induction. These results suggest that the EHS may be considered as a therapeutic measure and an avenue to introduce self-hypnosis in clinical practice with or without audio recordings.

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埃尔金斯催眠能力量表的治疗应用:可行性研究。
可催眠性评估可以为催眠干预提供信息,对短暂催眠诱导的研究表明,它也可能带来治疗益处。然而,由于现有措施的局限性,在临床实践中很少对催眠性进行评估。埃尔金斯可催眠性量表(EHS)改进了这些局限性,并已被证明是一个非常可靠和有效的可催眠性测量。这是第一次研究EHS作为一种治疗措施的可行性。55名参与者接受了EHS,并随机分为两周的自我催眠,有或没有录音。结果表明,在EHS诱导下自我催眠2周后,大鼠的放松感立即增强,放松感和心理困扰有所改善。这些结果表明,EHS可被视为一种治疗措施,并可在临床实践中引入有或无录音的自我催眠。
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期刊介绍: The IJCEH will keep you up to date on the latest clinical and research findings in the field, thanks to leading scholars from around the world examining such topics as: •Hypnotherapeutic Techniques •Pain and Anxiety Relief •Disociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) •Altered States of Consciousness •Delayed Recall •Dissociation •Forensic Uses of Hypnosis •Hypnosis in Eyewitness Memory •Hypnotic Induction in Dentistry •Hypnotizability •Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder •Self-Hypnosis •Control of Smoking •Weight Management •Ego State Hypnotherapy •Theories of Hypnosis •Physiological & Psychological Bases of Hypnosis
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