Does the Homo Hypnoticus Exist? Personality Styles of People Interested in Hypnosis

Peter, Burkhard und Boebel, Eva (2020): Does the Homo Hypnoticus Exist? Personality Styles of People Interested in Hypnosis. In: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Bd. 68, Nr. 3: S. 348-370

Abstract

It may be that individuals who are interested in hypnosis will volunteer for hypnosis experiments or practice hypnosis. Do these "hypnosis-prone" individuals differ from hypno-neutral, nonhypnosis-prone individuals? If so, could one speak of a personality type, thehomo hypnoticus? This study reports on 3 samples of individuals where there was no indication of hypnosis or no interest in hypnosis (NONHYP:N= 1426) and 4 samples of individuals who were interested in hypnosis (HYP:N= 1048). Using the Personality Styles and Disorders Inventory, we calculated contrast analyses for the contextual effect of HYP vs. NONHYP and gender effects. Results suggested there may be a homo hypnoticus personality style with the characteristics of intuitive-schizotypal, rhapsodic-optimistic, and charming-histrionic. These distinctions appear mostly in women.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Psychologie
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
• ISSN: 0020-7144
• Sprache: Englisch