TY - JOUR A1 - Goodman, Linda S. A1 - Holroyd, Jean T1 - Ego Receptivity and Hypnotizability – Two Pilot Studies: A Brief Communication JF - International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Vol. 40, No. 2 (1992), pp. 63-67. [Online ISSN 1744-5183] [doi.org/10.1080/00207149208409647] N2 - Ego receptivity has been described as important for the psychotherapy process and as a characteristic of hypnosis (Deikman, 1974; Dosamantes-Alperson, 1979; Fromm, 1979). Receptivity also has been associated with a measure of absorption (Tellegen, 1981). In the first pilot study with 6 dance/movement therapy students, higher observer ratings of receptivity were associated with greater hypnotizability (r = .79, df = 4, p < .05, 2-tailed test). In the second pilot study, the correlation was replicated (r = .51, df = 12, p = .06, 2-tailed test) with 14 dance/movement therapy students. In the second pilot study, receptivity did not correlate with absorption. Receptivity and absorption, however, accounted for 54% of hypnotizability population variance in a step-wise multiple regression. Receptivity accounted for a unique part of the variance after the effects of absorption were removed. It was concluded that receptivity should be explored as a potential predictor of hypnotizability, and that a reliable scaled measure of receptivity should be developed. Y1 - 1992 ER -