The American journal of clinical hypnosis
2016
Ronald J Pekala
7 citations
Wickramasekera II (2015) has penned a comprehensive and thoughtful review article demonstrating how empathy is intimately involved in the psychology and neurophysiology of hypnosis and the self. Hypnosis is a very "mental" or subjective phenomenon for both the client and the research participant. To better assess the mind of the client/participant during hypnosis, it is my belief that we need...
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
2011
Ronald J. Pekala
7 citations
Wagstaff (2010) reviews and comments on two recent papers by Pekala et al. (2010a, 2010b), concluding that "many of the problems relating to the definition and conceptualization of terms associated with hypnosis... may stem from insufficient attention to the role of suggestion and expectancies in producing hypnotic phenomena, and an over-reliance on the role of the procedures and mechanics of...
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
April 2010
Ronald J Pekala, V K Kumar, Ronald Maurer et al.
This study sought to determine if self-reported hypnotic depth (srHD) could be predicted from the variables of the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory - Hypnotic Assessment Procedure (PCI-HAP) (Pekala, 1995a, 1995b; Pekala & Kumar, 2007; Pekala et al., 2010), assessing several of the processes theorized by researchers to be associated with hypnotism: trance (altered state effects),...
Hypnosis and Conscious States: The Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
January 18, 2007
Ronald J Pekala, VK Kumar
Abstract Metzinger (1995) is his book, Conscious experience, wrote: ‘Today, the problem of consciousness… marks the very limit of human striving for understanding. It appears to many to be the last great puzzle and the greatest theoretical challenge of our time ‘ (p. 3). Research enumerated in this book suggests that consciousness can be elucidated through the scientific application of...
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
October 1, 1997
R L Maurer, V K Kumar, L Woodside et al.
46 citations
Participants (N = 206) experienced 15-min of monotonous drumming either before or after hypnosis (Harvard scale). Participants completed the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI) in reference to the last 4-min of drumming. Stimulus order did not affect the objective trance levels as measured by the Harvard scores. The subjective trance level as measured by hypnoidal scores (predicted...
The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis
July 1996
V K Kumar, R J Pekala, J Cummings
This study examined the relationship of 15 trait (e.g., absorption, ego-permissiveness) and 21 phenomenological variables (assessed by the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory) with performance on the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A. Factor analyses suggested three trait factors (absorption-permissiveness, general sensation seeking, and social desirability) and five...
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
January 1996
V K Kumar, G Marcano, R J Pekala
The present study replicated and extended Kirsch, Council, and Wickless's work evaluating the reliability and concurrent validity of a subjective response scale developed for the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility. Consistent with Kirsch et al.'s findings, the subjective counterpart of the Harvard scale demonstrated high reliability (coefficient .90) and concurrent validity (r = .84...
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
April 1995
Ronald J Pekala
Three clinical cases illustrating the use of a brief hypnotic-assessment procedure (HAP) utilizing the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI) (Pekala, 1982, 1991c) are presented. The PCI-HAP consists of a 20-minute induction procedure, a short debriefing interview, and completion of the PCI by the client after the session. The procedure allows for the assessment of a client's...
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
April 1995
Ronald J Pekala
In the present study we assessed a short-form hypnotic-induction procedure for determining hypnotic susceptibility. Eighty-four subjects completed a short hypnotic-induction procedure and afterwards completed two self-report phenomenological state instruments (the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory, PCI, Pekala, 1982, 1991c and the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory: Short Form,...
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
May 1, 1991
Edward A. Maitz, Ronald J. Pekala
This article briefly describes the phenomenological reports of individuals who have survived a near-death experience (NDE) and summarizes the methodological problems of assessing and defining their experience, specifically the out-of-the-body (OBE) experience associated with an NDE. The authors, using a single-person research design, offer one approach to quantifying the OBE associated with an...
Perceptual and Motor Skills
October 1, 1986
Ronald J Pekala, Jack Steinberg, V. K. Kumar
The results of two studies suggest that the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory has adequate reliability and validity in assessing alterations in phenomenological experience associated with stimulus conditions, such as eyes open and closed, sitting quietly, and an hypnotic induction.