The role of expectancy in eliciting hypnotic responses as a function of type of induction.

Combined data from a study by J. R. Council et al (see record 1983-24975-001) and from a study by the present 3rd author (1983) on cognitive skill hypnotic induction to test the hypothesis that the relationship between expectancy and suggestibility varies as a function of type of induction. Analysis of data on 100 Ss shows significant Expectancy?×?Type of Induction interactions on the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, the Creative Imagination Scale, and an inventory of hypnotic depth. Within-cells correlations revealed a significant relationship between expectancy and responses to skill induction. Correlations between expectancy and responses to a traditional trance induction were nonsignificant. (8 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)