A study of the elimination of cigarette smoking within one to three consecutive weekly hypnotic sessions, 1996
Freed, Essy
1996-03-01
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of hypnosis in assisting people with smoking cessation within one to three consecutive weekly sessions. Instruments used in the study were a suggestibility questionnaire (to determine suggestibility and whether to provide literal or inferred suggestions to the client) a health appraisal questionnaire, an audio tape of the hypnotic portion of the session, and a chart to assist clients in recording the number of days they listened to their hypnotic tape. Sixteen participants, males and females, took part in the study. Each person was hypnotized for one to three consecutive weekly sessions. The clients were followed up with once a week for two weeks and once a month for three months after their last session in which they stopped smoking. Those individuals who did not stop smoking after three sessions or returned to smoking during the follow up period were considered smokers and their participation ended at that time. Total abstinence from smoking during the study period was the criterion for a successful outcome. This study viewed hypnosis as a viable therapeutic tool in aiding people in smoking cessation. The results of the study concluded hypnosis does help in stopping smoking.
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Master of Social Work (MSW)
Atlanta University
School of Social Work
Foster, Sandra J.
Clark Atlanta University
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1996_freed_essy
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