Attitudes Toward Hypnosis Based on Source of Information and Experience With Hypnosis.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors evaluated whether video-based informational or relaxational preparation reduces the number of unexpected patient-related events and scan duration more efficiently, and to assess how patients evaluate the interventions.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors presented French norms for the online version of the Sussex-Waterloo Scale of Hypnotizability, which is an online adaptation of the well-established Waterloo-Stanford Group C Scale of hypnotic Susceptibility: with both behavioral and subjective scores.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between responsiveness to suggestions in hypnosis and alterations of the sense of agency among patients with fibromyalgia, and found that hypnosis is associated with alterations in the feeling of agency which can play a role in its utilization as a nonpharmacological option for pain management.

TL;DR: Within a Polish sample, psychotherapists using hypnosis and 5th-year students' views were most similar in their current scientific knowledge about hypnosis, while the groups targeting individuals unexposed toHypnosis and followers of paranormal beliefs showed significantly more misconceptions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether a lecture on hypnosis can modify attitudes and misconceptions about hypnosis and found that hypnosis had a significant impact in correcting participants' misconceptions about memory and hypnosis.

TL;DR: The results suggest that most professionals were motivated by a desire to improve their professional performance and that a majority of professionals were primarily influenced in their desire to learn hypnosis by colleagues in academically or clinically oriented settings.

TL;DR: Investigating relationships between interest in hypnosis use and attitudes about hypnosis, their expectancies for the effectiveness ofHypnosis, and the perceived hedonic value of hypnosis revealed that these key variables should be considered when planning for greater dissemination and uptake of empirically supported hypnosis interventions.

TL;DR: To assess whether recommendations that have been made over several years to avoid hypnotic sequelae are being implemented, a short seven-item survey was mailed to names drawn from the latest directory of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.