The relationship between transliminality, hypnotic and imaginative suggestibility, and other personality traits
Irving, Abbie J. and Nikolova, Niia and Robinson, Susan and Ionita, Iris and Kelly, Steve W. and Kirsch, Irving and Mazzoni, Giuliana and Venneri, Annalena and McGeown, William J. (2024) The relationship between transliminality, hypnotic and imaginative suggestibility, and other personality traits. Acta Psychologica, 243. 104125. ISSN 0001-6918 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104125)
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Abstract
To our knowledge, no study has directly examined the link between hypnotic response and the personality trait of transliminality (which is underpinned, for example, by magical ideation, mystical experience, fantasy proneness, absorption, hyperaesthesia). In order to further understand the correlates of suggestibility, the aim of the current project was to investigate whether transliminality is associated with hypnotic and imaginative suggestibility (considering: objective response, subjective response and involuntariness). Another aim was to assess the contribution of transliminality as a predictor of suggestibility when a range of previously studied personality trait measures were considered. Participants completed: the Revised Transliminality Scale, Tellegen Absorption Scale, Creative Experiences Questionnaire, and the Dissociative Experiences Scale II. To avoid context effects, where knowledge or measurement of one trait or ability might influence measurement of another, a separate standalone study was conducted where hypnotic and imaginative (without hypnosis) suggestibility screenings were carried out in-person in small groups using the modified Carleton University Responsiveness to Suggestion Scale. The merging of these two datasets enabled the analyses. Transliminality was weakly correlated with the imaginative suggestibility subjective response measure (r = 0.19). Likewise, weak correlations were found between transliminality and the hypnotic suggestibility response measures (objective, r = 0.21, subjective, r = 0.23, involuntariness, r = 0.24). The multiple regressions (forward selection) reflected the pattern of correlations, with no model for any of the variables, retaining more than a single significant predictor. In summary, this study combination, avoiding context effects, shows transliminality to be a weak predictor of response to suggestion.
ORCID iDs
Irving, Abbie J., Nikolova, Niia, Robinson, Susan, Ionita, Iris, Kelly, Steve W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7539-2641, Kirsch, Irving, Mazzoni, Giuliana, Venneri, Annalena and McGeown, William J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7943-5901;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 87921 Dates: DateEvent31 March 2024Published20 January 2024Published Online4 January 2024Accepted30 August 2023SubmittedSubjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology
Strategic Research Themes > Health and WellbeingDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 26 Jan 2024 11:09 Last modified: 04 Dec 2024 01:28 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/87921