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Table 3 Distribution of participants who passed or failed the hypnotic susceptibility tests in personality disorder patients (n = 77) and healthy volunteers (n = 154).

From: Preliminary study of relationships between hypnotic susceptibility and personality disorder functioning styles in healthy volunteers and personality disorder patients

 

Personality Disorder

Healthy control

 

Passed

number, rate

Failed

number, rate

Passed

number, rate

Failed

number, rate

Hand lowering

55, 71.4%

22, 28.6%

106, 68.8%

48, 31.2%

Moving hands apart

52, 67.5%

25, 32.5%

108, 70.1%

46, 29.9%

Mosquito hallucination

44, 57.1%

33, 42.9%

89, 57.8%

65, 42.2%

Taste hallucination

55, 71.4%

22, 33.8%

98, 63.6%

56, 36.4%

Arm rigidity

52, 67.5%

25, 32.5%

99, 64.3%

55, 35.7%

Dream

38, 49.4%*

39, 50.6%

55, 35.7%

99, 64.3%

Age regression

65, 84.4%

12, 15.6%

127, 82.5%

27, 17.5%

Arm immobilization

42, 54.5%

35, 45.5%

76, 49.4%

78, 50.6%

Anosmia to ammonia

16, 20.8%

61, 79.2%

39, 25.3%

115, 74.7%

Hallucinated voice

7, 9.1%

70, 90.9%

10, 6.5%

144, 93.5%

Negative visual hallucination

23, 29.9%

54, 70.1%

52, 33.8%

102, 66.2%

Posthypnotic amnesia

22, 28.6%*

55, 71.4%

23, 14.9%

131, 85.1%

  1. Note: *p < 0.05 vs. normal controls