Think Yourself Thin: Concern for Appropriateness Mediates the Link Between Hypnotizability and Disordered Eating

There has been no research examining why people with disordered eating tend to be highly hypnotizable. The authors examine the hypothesis that concern for appropriateness mediates the association between hypnotizability and disordered eating. Fifty participants aged 15 to 30 completed the Eating Att...

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Published in:International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis 2016-04, Vol.64 (2), p.225-238
Main Authors: Bachner-Melman, Rachel, Lev-Ari, Lilac, Levin, Raz, Lichtenberg, Pesach
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude surveys
Attitude to Health
Eating disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - therapy
Female
Humans
Hypnosis
Male
Psychological Tests
Young Adult
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Summary:There has been no research examining why people with disordered eating tend to be highly hypnotizable. The authors examine the hypothesis that concern for appropriateness mediates the association between hypnotizability and disordered eating. Fifty participants aged 15 to 30 completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and the Concern for Appropriateness Scale (CAS) and were administered the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C). EAT-26 scores predicted CAS scores (β = 0.24, p 
ISSN:0020-7144
1744-5183
DOI:10.1080/00207144.2016.1131591