ABSTRACT

The Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A), is commonly used to test hypnotizability. There is still some controversy about what exactly hypnotizability is and whether and how it can be measured, especially by the HGSHS:A. Furthermore, a wider clinical use is limited, requiring a testing time of more than 1 hour. We analyzed the German HGSHS:A version for its factorial structure, item contribution, and item difficulty based on test data from six studies, including 1276 persons, to propose a shorter version of the HGSHS:A. We hereby present a 5-item version of the HGSHS:A (HGSHS-5:G), consisting of the challenge items, that was compared with an 11-item version (highly variable posthypnotic amnesia omitted). Age- and gender-specific norms was generated. The HGSHS-5: G showed high validity, reliability, and classification agreement. It reduces test time to 30 minutes thus facilitating wider use of hypnotizability testing.

摘要

哈佛集团催眠易感性量表表 A (HGSHS:A) 通常用于测试催眠性。关于催眠性究竟是什么以及是否以及如何测量它仍然存在一些争议，尤其是通过 HGSHS:A。此外，更广泛的临床应用受到限制，需要1小时以上的测试时间。我们根据六项研究（包括 1276 人）的测试数据分析了德国 HGSHS:A 版本的因子结构、项目贡献和项目难度，以提出更短版本的 HGSHS:A。我们在此展示了 HGSHS:A (HGSHS-5:G) 的 5 项版本，由挑战项组成，与 11 项版本（省略了高度可变的催眠后遗忘症）进行了比较。制定了针对特定年龄和性别的规范。HGSHS-5：G 显示出高的有效性、可靠性、和分类协议。它将测试时间减少到 30 分钟，从而促进催眠测试的更广泛使用。