Should investigate the use of 'hypnotic relaxation'

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and abstract and inline gaps of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1973 and 1986, all from International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. Those papers have been cited 20 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Individual differences in hypnotizability and effectiveness of hypnosis or biofeedback (1982) · International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis · doi

  The study suggests that future research should examine the role of motivation and task difficulty in the relationship between hypnotizability and success using hypnosis or biofeedback. The study suggests that future research should investigate the effectiveness of hypnosis and biofeedback in reducing blood pressure and electromyographic activity in larger samples.

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  Keywords: study suggests future research examine role motivation task
• “Hypnosis” as a facilitator in behavior therapy (1973) · International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis · doi

  Further studies should investigate the use of 'hypnotic relaxation' as a therapeutic adjunct. Research should examine the mechanisms by which 'hypnotic relaxation' enhances therapeutic outcomes. Studies should control for therapist bias and use objective pre-test measures and independent raters.

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: further studies investigate use hypnotic relaxation therapeutic adjunct
• Reports of Hypnotic Depth: Are they More than Mere Words? (1986) · International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis · cited 20× · doi

  Accordingly, future experimental work should take into account this multidimensionality; phenomenological, situational, cognitive, and motivational factors implicated in verbal reports should be explored in terms of their respective relationships with both hypnotizability and self-ratings of hypnotic depth.

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  Keywords: accordingly future experimental take account multidimensionality phenomenological situational cognitive motivational factors implicated verbal reports explored
• “Hypnosis” as a facilitator in behavior therapy (1973) · International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis · doi

  For instance, verbal reports from clients who had requested “hypnosis” but were given “relaxation” instead, tended to be as fol- lows: “1 feel something is lacking. ” While a controlled experiment concerning the precise active ingredi- ents underlying these clinical findings is lacking, as a clinician I am satisfied with our present understanding of these factors.

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  Keywords: lacking instance verbal reports clients requested hypnosis given relaxation instead tended lows feel something controlled

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