Citation

Ludwig VU, Stelzel C, Krutiak H, Prunkl CE, Steimke R, Paschke LM, Kathmann N, Walter H. Conscious. Cogn. 2013; 22(2): 637-653.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany; Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Luisenstraße 56, D-10117 Berlin, Germany; Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 18, D-12489 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: Vera.Ludwig@charite.de.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.concog.2013.04.001

PMID

23660477

Abstract

Hypnotic responding might be due to attenuated frontal lobe functioning after the hypnotic induction. Little is known about whether personality traits linked with frontal functioning are associated with responsiveness to hypnotic suggestions. We assessed whether hypnotic suggestibility is related to the traits of self-control and impulsivity in 154 participants who completed the Brief Self-Control Scale, the Self-Regulation Scale, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), and the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS:A). BIS-11 non-planning impulsivity correlated positively with HGSHS:A (Bonferroni-corrected). Furthermore, in the best model emerging from a stepwise multiple regression, both non-planning impulsivity and self-control positively predicted hypnotic suggestibility, and there was an interaction of BIS-11 motor impulsivity with gender. For men only, motor impulsivity tended to predict hypnotic suggestibility. Hypnotic suggestibility is associated with personality traits linked with frontal functioning, and hypnotic responding in men and women might differ.

Language: en