No link between hypnotizability and the Self-Monitoring Scale

Socio-cognitive theorists have often claimed that hypnotizability is in part a function of social role-playing. We thus expected to find an association between a measure of hypnotizability (SHSS:C) and the Self-Monitoring Scale-Revised, a purported measure of sensitivity to social cues. The data failed to reveal any significant correlations, and therefore cannot be said to provide any support for the socio-cognitive position. Nevertheless, as hypothesized, we found that the hypnotist tended to consider subjects who were high but not low on the Other-Directedness subscale to be more deeply hypnotized than the subjects themselves felt.