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Dispositional Self-Consciousness and Hypnotizability.

Etzel Cardeña¹, Lena Lindström¹, Ann Åström¹

¹CERCAP, Department of Psychology, Lund University, Skåne, Sweden.

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This study explored self-consciousness and hypnotizability in 328 individuals. Higher public self-consciousness correlated with experiencing hypnosis as discontinuous from daily life.

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Neuroscience

Background:

Self-consciousness (SC) is central to hypnosis discussions.
Dispositional SC's link to hypnotizability is under-researched.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between dispositional self-consciousness and hypnotizability.
To explore how different facets of self-consciousness relate to hypnotic experiences.

Main Methods:

Administered Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS), Inventory Scale of Hypnotic Depth (ISHD), and Self-Consciousness Scale-Revised (SCS-R) to 328 participants.
Utilized simple, quadratic, and cubic regressions to analyze correlations.

Main Results:

Women scored higher on HGSHS and reported greater ISHD automaticity.
ISHD's Discontinuity subscale correlated with Public and Private Self-Consciousness.
Concern for others' perceptions linked to hypnosis feeling discontinuous, especially for those with mid-range scores.

Conclusions:

Dispositional self-consciousness, particularly public self-consciousness, is associated with the subjective experience of hypnosis.
Nonlinear relationships between self-consciousness and hypnotizability warrant further investigation.