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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Trait empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is a key aspect of social cognition.
  • Absorption, characterized by a rich and immersive inner experiential world, is another psychological construct.
  • Both empathy and absorption have been anecdotally linked to hypnotic ability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between trait empathy and hypnotic ability.
  • To examine the association between absorption and hypnotic ability.
  • To determine if empathy and absorption are independent predictors of hypnotic ability.

Main Methods:

  • Sixty-four graduate students and mental health professionals participated in the study.
  • Participants completed the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A.
  • The Davis Interpersonal Reactivity Index and the Tellegen Absorption Scale were used to measure empathy and absorption, respectively.

Main Results:

  • Statistically significant positive correlations were found between empathy and hypnotic ability (r = .41).
  • Significant positive relationships were observed between empathy and absorption (r = .43).
  • A significant positive correlation was also found between absorption and hypnotic ability (r = .31).

Conclusions:

  • Empathy and absorption are significant predictors of hypnotic ability.
  • While both are related, empathy appears to be the primary driver of hypnotic ability, with absorption not adding significant independent predictive value.
  • The shared conceptual overlap between empathy and absorption may underlie their collective influence on hypnotizability.