Hypnotic Experience is Related to Emotional Contagion

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Cardeña, Etzel; Terhune, Devin Blair; Lööf, Angelica and Buratti, Sandra. 2008. Hypnotic Experience is Related to Emotional Contagion. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 57(1), pp. 33-46. ISSN 0020-7144 [Article]

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The authors conducted 2 studies to evaluate whether emotional contagion, the propensity to automatically imitate the emotional expressions of others and experience the corresponding emotions, is related to behavioral and experiential indices of hypnotizability and whether such a relationship is influenced by administration context. In Study 1, behavioral and subjective measures of hypnotizability were measured alongside emotional contagion in the same context. In Study 2, different measures of hypnotizability and hypnotic depth were administered, whereas emotional contagion was independently measured in a different (nonhypnotic) context. Emotional contagion correlated with behavioral and experiential indices of hypnotizability in Study 1 but only with the latter in Study 2. The authors interpret the results as reflecting a positive relationship between emotional contagion and, at least, experiential features of hypnotizability and strengthening the case for the importance of affectivity in hypnotic responsiveness.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00207140802463500