The influence of dissociation tendency and beliefs about hypnotic states on nonconscious attitude towards hypnosis: Study using a paper-pencil version of single-target Implicit Association Test

There is an attitude toward hypnosis as one of the important factors affecting hypnotic induction. Regarding attitudes towards hypnosis, not only conscious attitudes measured by using questionnaire but also nonconscious attitudes measured by using Implicit Association Test, are attracting attention, and a certain positive correlation with hypnotic susceptibility has been found (Fukui et al., 2018). The conscious attitude towards hypnosis depends on not only hypnotic states expectancy but also various psychological characteristics (Fukui, 2014). On the other hand, factors that affect the nonconscious attitude towards hypnosis are unexamined. Therefore, in this study, as a factor influencing on the non-conscious attitude towards hypnosis, the dissociation tendency and hypnotic states expectancy are taken up and the influence of both on the non-conscious attitude toward hypnosis was examined.Sixty three university students (12 males, 50 females, 1 unknown, Mage=18.69 (SD = 0.59)) participated in the research. Apaper-pencil version ofImplicit Association Test was used to measure non-conscious attitude toward hypnosis. Hypnotic states expectancywas measured by using the hypnotic state expectation scale (Shimizu, 2009) and dissociation tendency was measured by using Japanese version (Tanabe&Ogawa, 1992) of Dissociative Experiences Scale（Carlson & Putnam, 1993）.