The altered state of hypnosis
Changes in the theoretical landscape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8723866 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irving Kirsch (0000-0002-1215-4061, corresponding author), Steven Jay Lynn (0000-0002-4493-7810) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 846-858 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-066X • E-ISSN: 1935-990X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0003-066x.50.10.846 |
| OpenAlex | W2040566266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 2 |
Presentations of theories of hypnosis in scholarly and introductory texts portray the field as dominated by two warring camps, variously referred to as state and nonstate or as special process and social psychological. Current issues and theories in the hypnosis literature are examined. In the process, we seek to dispel the myth that hypnosis theorists can be grouped into two camps. Although there is considerable controversy about the nature of hypnosis, no issues separate all so-called special process theorists from all social psychological theorists. Instead, virtually all substantive differences between theorists cut across this apparent distinction. Furthermore, the positions taken on many of the important issues dividing the field can no longer be portrayed as simple dichotomies, such as state versus nonstate or trait versus situation. Positions on these issues can more accurately be described as points on a continuum. We conclude by drawing attention to specific questions and issues that remain unresolved
Dichotomy · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Hypnosis · State (computer science · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychological Treatments and Assessments · Psychology · Philosophy · Social Psychology
Dissociating the wheat from the chaff in theories of hypnosis
Dissociation theories of hypnosis
Dissociations and dissociation theory in hypnosis
On the "general acceptance" of eyewitness testimony research
Suggested visual hallucinations in and out of hypnosis
How hypnotic suggestions work – A systematic review of prominent theories of hypnosis
Furnishing hypnotic instructions with implementation intentions enhances hypnotic responsiveness
Is hypnotic suggestibility a stable trait
Not all group hypnotic suggestibility scales are created equal
Suggested visual hallucination without hypnosis enhances activity in visual areas of the brain
Using suggestion to model different types of automatic writing
Suggestions to Reduce Clinical Fibromyalgia Pain and Experimentally Induced Pain Produce Parallel Effects on Perceived Pain but Divergent Functional MRI–Based Brain Activity
An Evaluation of Woodard's Theory of Perceptually Oriented Hypnosis
Evidence That “Voluntary” Versus “Involuntary” Retrieval Is a Fluency-Based Attribution
Where (Fragmented) Selves Meet Cultures
Loneliness within a nomological net
Imaginative suggestibility and hypnotizability
You’re Going to Do What? Patients’ Myths Regarding Hypnotherapy as Described by South African Psychologists
Hypnosis and clinical pain
Suggestions of Power
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2024 (27) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |