RELATION OF MOOD AND HYPNOTIZABILITY: AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE VERSUS TRAIT DISTINCTION

TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT AFFECT STATES JUST PRIOR TO HYPNOSIS INDUCTION ARE RELATED TO SUBSEQUENT HYPNOTIZABILITY, WHILE AFFECT TRAITS ARE NOT. THE MULTIPLE AFFECT ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST (MAACL), AN AFFECT-STATE TEST, WAS GIVEN TO SS JUST PRIOR TO HYPNOSIS. MMPI AFFECT-TRAIT MEASURES WERE GIVEN AFTER...

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Published in:Journal of Consulting Psychology 1967-10, Vol.31 (5), p.464-470
Main Authors: ZUCKERMAN, MARVIN, PERSKY, HAROLD, LINK, KATHRYN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect
Checklist (Testing)
Emotions
Female
Human
Humans
Hypnosis
Male
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
MMPI
Personality Traits
Psychological Tests
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Summary:TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT AFFECT STATES JUST PRIOR TO HYPNOSIS INDUCTION ARE RELATED TO SUBSEQUENT HYPNOTIZABILITY, WHILE AFFECT TRAITS ARE NOT. THE MULTIPLE AFFECT ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST (MAACL), AN AFFECT-STATE TEST, WAS GIVEN TO SS JUST PRIOR TO HYPNOSIS. MMPI AFFECT-TRAIT MEASURES WERE GIVEN AFTER HYPNOSIS. HOSTILITY STATE (MAACL) WAS SIGNIFICANTLY AND NEGATIVELY CORRELATED WITH HYPNOTIZABILITY IN 3 RUNS OF SS TESTED IN SMALL, HIGHLY MOTIVATED GROUPS. DEPRESSION STATE WAS NEGATIVELY CORRELATED WITH HYPNOTIZABILITY IN 2 OF THE RUNS, AND ANXIETY STATE WAS NEGATIVELY CORRELATED IN 1. AFFECT-STATE MEASURES WERE UNRELATED TO HYPNOTIZABILITY IN A LARGE, LESS MOTIVATED GROUP. AFFECT-TRAIT MEASURES AND OTHER TRAIT MEASURES FROM THE MMPI WERE UNRELATED TO HYPNOTIZABILITY. THE RESULTS SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE VS. TRAIT DISTINCTION IN THE PREDICTION OF HYPNOTIC BEHAVIOR AND HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER AREAS OF PREDICTION. (2 P. REF.)
ISSN:0095-8891
0022-006X
1946-1887
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0024966