Hypnosis and Mindfulness Meditation: The Power of Suggestibility

Author: Michele E Gloede1, Marty Sapp1, William Van Susteren1
Affiliation:
1 Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
Conference/Journal: Int J Clin Exp Hypn
Date published: 2021 Apr 21
Other: Special Notes: doi: 10.1080/00207144.2021.1908830. , Word Count: 95


Recent studies have suggested that mindfulness meditation and hypnosis are similar, but there is a lack of empirical data to support this claim. In this current study, college students were randomly assigned to a hypnosis or mindfulness meditation condition, and they were tested on the Waterloo Stanford Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form C. Results from this study suggest that, while under hypnotic induction and after engaging in mindfulness meditation, participants experienced similar results on the WSGC. That is, participants experienced the same bodily feelings and reactions regarding a standardized hypnotic suggestibility test.


PMID: 33881368 DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2021.1908830

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