Theories of Hypnosis

Current Models and Perspectives
Herausgeber: Lynn, Steven Jay; Rhue, Judith W

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents a "state-of-the-science" view of existing theories of hypnosis. Written by eminent scholars and researchers, this uniquely authoritative resource also provides a wealth of information about the history of hypnosis, clinical and research perspectives on hypnosis, and the strengths and weaknesses of empirical methods used to address crucial theoretical questions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 634
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 163mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1043g
• ISBN-13: 9780898623437
• ISBN-10: 089862343X
• Artikelnr.: 21073013

Autorenporträt

Steven Jay Lynn, PhD, ABPP, until his death in 2024, was Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), where he served as Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and Director of the Psychology Department's Psychological Clinic. Recognized as a leading expert in the field of hypnosis, he published on topics including psychotherapy, hypnosis, science versus pseudoscience, psychopathology, and memory. Dr. Lynn was founding editor of the American Psychological Association journal Psychology of Consciousness. He was a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.

Inhaltsangabe

I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Early Theories of Hypnosis: A Clinical Perspective, Melvin A. Gravitz.
2. History and Historigraphy of Hypnosis, Nicholas P. Spanos & John F.
Chaves.
II. SINGLE-FACTOR THEMES
The Neodissociation Perspective
3. A Neodissociation Interpretation of Hypnosis, Ernest R. Hilgard.
4. A Neodissociative Critique of Spanos's Social-Psychological
Model of Hypnosis, Kenneth S. Bowers & Thomas M. Davidson.
5. Hypnotizability: Individual Differences in Dissociation and
the Flexible Control of Psychological Processes, Frederick J. Evans.
Hypnosis as Psychological Regression
6. Hypnosis as a Special Case of Psychological Regression, Michael R. Nash
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Hypnosis as Relaxation
7. Anesis, William E. Edmonston, Jr.
III. CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES
8. The Locksmith Model: Accessing Hypnotic Responsiveness, Joseph Barber.
9. Ericksonian Hypnotherapy: A Communications Approach to Hypnosis,
Jeffrey K. Zeig & Peter J. Rennick.
IV. THE SOCIAL-COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
10. Role Theory: Hypnosis from a Dramaturgical and Narrational
Perspective, William C. Coe & Theodore R. Sarbin.
11. A Social-Cognitive Approach to Hypnosis, Nicholas P. Spanos.
12. Compliance, Belief, and Semantics in Hypnosis: A Nonstate,
Social-Cognitive Perspective, Graham F. Wagstaff.
13. An Integrative Model of Hypnosis, Steven Jay Lynn & Judith W. Rhue.
14. The Social Learning Theory of Hypnosis, Irving Kirsch.
15. The Ecosystemic Approach to Hypnosis, David P. Fourie.
V. INTERACTIVE-PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS
16. Two Disciplines of Scientific Hypnosis: A Synergistic Model, Robert
Nadon, Jean-Roch Laurence, and Campbell W. Perry.
17. Hypnosis, Context, and Commitment, Peter W. Sheehan.
18. The Construction and Resolution of Experience and Behavior in Hypnosis,
Kevin M. McConkey.
19. Toward a Social-Psychobiological Model of Hypnosis, Eva I. Banyai.
VI. CONCLUSIONS
20. Hypnosis Theories: Themes, Variations, and Research Directions, Steven
Jay Lynn & Judith W. Rhue.