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Eye-roll and hypnotic susceptibility

1974; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 22; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00207147408413012

1744-5183

Ladd Wheeler, Harry T. Reis, Ellen Wolff, Edward Grupsmith, Arnold M. Mordkoff,

Mind wandering and attention

Is the ability to roll ones eyes upward and then close the eyelids without looking down a predictor of hypnotic susceptibility as Spiegel has suggested? This paper reports non-significant negative correlations between the eye-roll test and both the HGSHS:A and the SHSS:C. Test conditions included separate and blind administration of the eye-roll and susceptibility scales, good reliability and range on all measures, and an adequate sample (N = 52) for testing the hypothesized relationship. Population and scale differences, E-bias, and selective elimination of Ss are discussed as possibly producing the relationship between eye-roll and hypnotic susceptibility reported in Spiegels system.