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Computer versus live delivery of the Sussex Waterloo Scale of Hypnotizability (SWASH)
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posted on 2023-06-09, 23:09 authored by Peter LushPeter Lush, Ryan ScottRyan Scott, G Moga, Zoltan DienesZoltan DienesThere exist reliable and stable trait differences in the ability to control phenomenology in response to imaginative suggestion. Hypnotisability scales measure response to imaginative suggestion within a hypnotic context. Because hypnotisability has recently been shown to predict measures of experiential change in psychological experiments (e.g., the rubber hand illusion), there is a need for easy to use screening tools which are accessible to researchers with little or no background in hypnosis or imaginative suggestion research. The SWASH is a time efficient group hypnotisability scale which can be administered to up to 50 participants simultaneously. Here we present norms from an undergraduate sample for a recorded version delivered by a computer program alongside norms for a live presentation. Reliability, validity and mean scores are similar across the two presentations. Computer delivery of a prerecorded script provides a simple tool to rapidly screen for hypnotisability in large groups for researchers with no prior experience of hypnosis research.
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Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and PracticeISSN
2326-5531Publisher
American Psychological Association Inc.External DOI
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- Psychology Publications
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©American Psychological Association, [Year]. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000292Full text available
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2021-02-25First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-02-25First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-02-24Usage metrics
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