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  • Previous research indicates hypnosis enhances experiential involvement in tasks like reading and music listening.
  • Hypnotic induction may deepen absorption in engaging activities.

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  • To investigate the effect of hypnotic induction on experiential involvement during film viewing.
  • To examine the relationship between hypnotic suggestibility, absorption, and film-induced emotional engagement.
  • To explore the role of trait dissociation in hypnotic suggestibility and experiential involvement.

Main Methods:

  • 121 participants completed measures of hypnotic suggestibility, absorption, and trait dissociation.
  • Participants underwent either hypnotic induction or a non-hypnotic task (anagrams).
  • Experiential involvement was assessed during the viewing of an emotional (The Champ) and a non-emotional (Scenes of Toronto) film clip.

Main Results:

  • Experiential involvement varied significantly with hypnotic suggestibility and film type.
  • Highly suggestible participants reported increased state depersonalization, correlated with negative affect.
  • No significant correlation was found between hypnotic suggestibility and trait dissociation.
  • Hypnosis did not affect memory errors; however, emotional films led to more memory errors than non-emotional films.

Conclusions:

  • Hypnotic suggestibility, rather than hypnotic induction, appears to modulate experiential involvement and depersonalization during film viewing.
  • Emotional engagement with films, irrespective of hypnosis, can increase memory errors.
  • The findings suggest a complex interplay between suggestibility, emotional content, and cognitive processing during media consumption.